Justice and Mercy | |
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A: God's justice follows from God's holiness. No
sin can stand in the presence of a holy God. The penalty for
sin is death. |
B: God's mercy follows from God's love. But
Christ paid the death penalty for our sin, that we might be
the righteousness of God through him. |
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-B: Exaggeration of A: God's justice creates fear
and punishment; God is a God of wrath and condemnation; God
is not fair. |
B, -A: God's mercy is unconditional and
universal; God's justice can be compromised. Cheap
grace. |