But isn’t God also merciful?
Text: CRC/RCA 2011 · Read it at the source
God is certainly merciful, but also just. God’s justice demands that sin, committed against his supreme majesty, be punished with the supreme penalty— eternal punishment of body and soul.
Scripture proofs
- 1
- Ex. 34:6-7; Ps. 103:8-9
- 2
- Ex. 34:7; Deut. 7:9-11; Ps. 5:4-6; Heb. 10:30-31
- 3
- Matt. 25:35-46