Punish

SINNING?

When studying Scripture, believers should learn two important truths about God's dealings with sin.

One truth is that God is not obligated to forgive anyone. If God never showed mercy, He would still be a holy and just God.

Mercy is something God grants by His own free will. God reveals this truth about Himself in His dealings with Moses. He says, "I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy." (Exodus 33:19)

. . . the association for religious data archives (ARDA) posted a study that showed that 65.8% of people believed in God. However, when the same people were asked if God was angered by sin only 29.1% strongly agreed. (2005)

A mother was helping her daughter cope with a mistake that the daughter had made and told her, "Sometimes God allows us to sin so we can know how great His mercy is." Many in our society believe a similar truth. (Quote by Graham Hale)

Does the bible teach (When/how)
IS SIN ALWAYS PUNISHED?

"Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered." - Proverbs‬ ‭11:21

"The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet."
‭‭Nahum‬ ‭1:3‬

Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation." - Exodus‬ ‭34:7‬ ‭
http://bible.us/1/exo.34.7.kjv


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