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If God Kept a Record of My Sins

Since we must make full payment for our sins and since neither we nor any other creature can pay,  a special Mediator and Deliverer is needed.  Q. Since, according to God’s righteous judgment we deserve temporal and eternal punishment, how can we escape this punishment and be again received into favor?  temporal — in this life (in time)  eternal — in the "life" to come  A. God demands that His justice be satisfied.  satisfied — fulfilled, the demands are filled, completely appeased, completely paid off. Therefore we must make full payment, either by ourselves or through another. Q. Can we by ourselves make this payment?  A. Certainly not. On the contrary, we daily increase our debt. debt — that which we owe God.  Q. Can any mere creature pay for us?  A. No. In the first place, God will not punish another creature for the sin which man has committed.  Furthermore, no mere creature can sustain the burden of God’s eternal wrath against sin ...

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