GOD IS NOT OUT TO PUNISH YOUR SINS

GOD IS NOT OUT TO PUNISH YOUR SINS
Tuesday, 24th June 2025
Pastor Victor

John 3:17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

One major truth of the gospel is that, God is not out to punish your sins. Our opening scripture is clear that God sent His Son not to condemn but to save men’s lives. If God had wanted to judge and punish us for our sins, He would not have sent a Saviour but a judge. But the good news is that God sent His beloved Son to die as a sacrifice for sins on the cross by a criminal and shameful death, the just for the unjust.

Unfortunately, if you listen to what some folks preach, it is as if God is out to mark every sin of yours and deal with you. Some even say that, in heaven, God will play your whole life of sin on a screen for you to see. Scripture says, your sins and lawless deeds, I will remember no more (Hebrews 8:12). How can you play something that has not been stored? God does not have drive space to store your sins. Then why the cross and the blood of Jesus?

1 John 4:10 says, Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Hallelujah! This is beautiful! This is love defined! God sent His Son to be the *_“mercy seat”_* for our sins; that’s what the word *_“propitiation”_* means in the Greek.

The gospel is clear on this: your sins have already been punished in Jesus on the cross. Never again will God ever punish your sins, as you cannot punish the same sin twice; that will be travesty of justice. You have to believe this revelation; it will tranquillize your heart and free you from guilt and condemnation; and empower you for victorious living in Christ Jesus.

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