Building on the article “The Sacrifice You Cannot Live Without”, and to further illustrate how absurd and illogical it is to assume there is no penalty for our post crucifixion sins, please consider the following:
In this world, those who are convicted of a crime are sentenced to some form of punishment, up to and including the death penalty for capital offences (offenses).
The convicted criminal could make a plea to the judge or jury to be released without punishment, based solely on their word to never commit such a crime again. But has that ever worked? And why would anyone take a convicted criminal at his or her word?
Most understand this basic concept, and argue that “the punishment should fit the crime”, even though the punishment should really be so severe that it deters and thus prevents the crime, which is exactly how God’s Law functions in practice.
Unfortunately, people have been conned into believing that “sin” is somehow different, and that we can continually repeat our broken promise to “go and sin no more” while carrying on the criminal rites, rituals and superstitious nonsense of whatever satanic organized religion we choose, be it Judaism, Christianity, Mohammedanism, Hinduism, etc.
Sin is defined in Scripture as the transgression (breaking) of The Law (1 John 3:4) which, simply put, means:
SIN = CRIME
A crime, by definition, is harming another or their property in defiance of the second of the two Great Commandments (Mark 12:29-31). Is it realistic to believe that God, Who is just and fair in ALL things, to ALL people, will allow us to harm others indefinitely, with impunity? That must be what people who don’t think they are in need of a Saviour believe, which is totally illogical, isn’t it?
Every one of us has committed numerous crimes against God and others during this lifetime and all of our previous ones. And sadly, most have not only never stopped, but have actually increased their sinning, which is why the world is so filled with darkness, violence and evil today, despite record numbers of “Jews”, “Christians” and “Muslims”.
The Old Covenant, New Covenant and the Koran (Quran) all warn us of Judgment Day, and of The Fire that we will face on that great and dreadful Day of The Lord (Mal. 4, Rev. 20:12-15, Sura 3:185), if we don’t learn The Way home, to heaven.
Does anyone even stop to consider there would be no one left to stand in Judgment IF we had been personally held responsible 2000 years ago, and required to pay, for our PAST pre-crucifixion sins/crimes (Rom. 3:25)? We had ALL earned the death penalty for not keeping and enforcing God’s Law and unlawfully legislating our own made-up rules.
Further, does anyone stop to consider why there is a Judgment Day at all? If each of us only lived one human lifetime, then we would be judged only once, individually, at the end of that human lifetime.
The only LOGICAL reason for Judgment Day, when everyone is due to be judged on the merits of their own actions (Ezek. 18:20-24, Matt. 16:27, Sura 18:102-106), is to hold everyone accountable for the sins/crimes of ALL of their human lifetimes.
Without someone else paying the price for our PAST sins/crimes, we would all already be in The Fire. We have been given plenty of opportunities over the past 2000 years, since our criminal debts to society were paid, for the 4000 years before that, by Jesus (Saviour), to learn to follow Christ’s Example of self-sacrifice (Luke 9:23, Sura 6:162). And most are still refusing to accept that gift by learning from it and ceasing all criminal/sinful activities.
Please note well it is Christ Who is the Straight Way (Matt. 7:13-14; Sura 3:51) and The Example we are to follow (John 14:6; Sura 43:57-61), NOT the example of another inmate, e.g. Moses, Ezekiel, Paul or Mohammad, regardless of how enlightened they may have been. Christ is The Comforter/Holy Spirit/Good Shepherd/Mediator/High-Priest, NOT the Mohammad described in the hadith (John 14:15-19, John 16:7-16, John 10, 1 Tim. 2:5, Heb. 6:20).
So THE Example was made and the price for our past crimes/sins was voluntarily paid 2000 years ago by the ONLY One Who could pay it: The Messiah/Christ. And ONLY those who follow His SUPERIOR Way (Sura 3:55), by keeping The Law (Matt. 5:17-20), will have any hope of surviving The Fire on Judgment Day. It’s impossible to repent (cease) from sinning/committing crimes, thereby avoiding the penalty (curse) without keeping The Law that God gave us.
It is likewise impossible to know The One True God, AND Christ the Saviour, Whom God sent, without keeping The Law (John 17:3). How could anyone be foolish enough to believe they can do God’s Will without asking Him what He wants you to do and thus getting to know Him and The One Whom God Himself Anointed to be our King (Luke 1:31-33; Rev. 19:11-16)?
John 15:10 – IF ye keep my COMMANDments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and abide in His love.
Matthew 5:17 – Think not that I am come to destroy The Law, or the Prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill (pleroo in the original Greek, meaning to fully preach).
1 John 3:1-11
3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the (adopted) sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew Him not.
3:2 Beloved, now are we the (adopted) sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
3:3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
3:4 Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also The Law: for sin is the transgression of The Law.
3:5 And ye know that he was manifested to take away our (past) sins; and in him is no sin.
3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him.
3:7 Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he (Christ) is righteous.
3:8 He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the Beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.
3:9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for His seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.
3:10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever DOETH NOT righteousness is NOT of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
3:11 For this is the message that ye heard from the Beginning (Alpha), that we should love one another (Lev. 19:18, Mark 12:29-31, John 13:34).
