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In one ten-year period in the United States, 63,000 murderers were never brought to justice. These were unsolved crimes. If God turns a blind eye to those murderers, then He is corrupt by nature. It makes sense that if He is good and just, and He is, He should be angry with those who have taken the lives of others, and He should punish murderers, rapists, etc. This is the teaching of the Bible, that God will judge, including "every secret thought, whether it is good of whether it is evil."   "God is angry with the wicked everyday."

The Wages of Sin is Death: "...sin is transgression of the Law.", 1 John 3:4.

 Let us look briefly at the 10 Commandments, and see if we have kept God's Law.

1.   You shall have no other god's before me.

2.   You shall not make yourself any graven images.

3.   You shall not take God's name in vain (this is blasphemy).

4.   Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.

5.   Honor your father and mother. 

6.   You shall not murder.

7.   You shall not commit adultery.

8.   You shall not steal.

9.   You shall not lie.

10. You shall not covet.

If someone says that he has obeyed the Commandments, this is what he would be like if he kept the Law. He will always love God with "all his heart, mind, soul, and strength", and love his neighbor as himself.  He has never made a god to suit himself (either with his hands or in his mind).  He has always given God's name reverance, kept the Sabbath holy, honored his parents implicitly, and never once has he been "angry without cause".  He has never hated anyone, never had lust in his heart, or had illicit sex.  He has never stolen even a paper clip or cookie out of the cookie jar, or told a "white lie", and not once desired anything that belongs to someone else.  He is, and always has been, "pure in heart," perfect in thought, word, and deed.  This is someone who has kept the Ten Commandments.

The truth is, we are not like that.  We have all "sinned" many times, and therefore we have stirred up God's wrath, which will be revealed on Judgment Day.  The proof that we have sinned, will be our death, and after death we must face God in judgment.  Think of it, if He has known our every thought, word, and deed, and He is going to bring all our sins out as evidence of our guilt on the day of judgement, we will all be found guilty.  Our conscience has shown us right from wrong.  We will be without excuse. God will give us justice, and Hell will be the place of our eternal punishment. "For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, or hidden that shall not be known.", Matt. 10:26.

God is Rich in Mercy to All That Call Upon Him:

"But God, who is rich in mercy, for His great love wherewith He loved us...", Ephesians 2:4.  A youth once borrowed a fast car, and in a drunken stupor, sped through his home town at 120 m.p.h.  Since everything was horse-drawn in his country town, there were no laws against speeding.  So the council passed a law saying that 60 m.p.h. was maximum speed, and that any transgressors would be fined $100 for every m.p.h. over the speed limit.  On his way back through the town, the speedster decided to pull the same prank. He was apprehended, tried, and found guilty by his father, who was the towns only judge. He was fined $6,000, and because he had no money and no words of defense, the youth was led off to prison.

As he sat in prison, his father appeared at the door, and told him that he had sold all his own prized possessions and paid the fine for him.  The son could not believe that his father loved him that much.  They embraced as they never had before, and walked off in a new found relationship, bonded together with love.

That's a picture of what God did for us through the Gospel.  We have all broken the Law a multitude of times, but God came to this earth in the person of Jesus Christ, and paid the fine for us, " For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotton Son, that whosoever believeth in HIm, should not perish, but have everlasting life.", John 3:16

   The Bible says, "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.", Romans 6:23.

The Goodness of God: Jesus satisfied Eternal Justice, then rose from the dead, so that God can grant us eternal life. But just as we cannot earn a gift, so we cannot earn eternal life by our good works, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast.", Eph. 2:8,9.