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Does God allow our sins to go unpunished?
If God is who He says He is (and He is), then He must punish His children. He has to if He is just and righteous. He simply cannot let sin go unpunished. For a non-Christian, they will be judged and Jesus’ blood would not cover their sins and their punishment is a literal Hell.
What does no sin goes unpunished mean?
The phrase ‘No good deed goes unpunished’ is a sardonic commentary on the frequency with which acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them. In other words, those who help others are doomed to suffer as a result of their helpfulness.
What is the punishment for idol worship?
Historically, the punishment for idolatry was often death. According to the Bible, the commandment was originally given to the ancient Israelites by the Lord at the Sinai covenant after they had escaped from slavery in Egypt, as described in the Book of Exodus.
Why do good deeds never go unpunished?
The idea is that in the end, many people do not appreciate the effort behind a kindness, or may believe they deserve something that they do not. The phrase no good deed goes unpunished is a cynical twist on the idea that good people are rewarded for being good.
What does the Bible say about punishment?
In Jeremiah 21:12-14 God states that punisment will come because of “the evil of their deeds” and it did. That is, these folks were defiant and disobeyed God. Later in the passage we discover that these individuals taunted God with “Who will come down against us?” That does not sound like followers of God who desired to please Him.
Is GOD’s punishment end times?
This is not an end-times prediction. That is, God has punished people in the past and He will do that today against those who reject Jesus Christ. In our next passages, we discover that God will punish people in eternity. For many, punishment will come in the future at the end of the age.
Will an evil person go unpunished?
Be assured, an evil person will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will be delivered. And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Will God punish evildoers in the future?
When it arrives God will punish evildoers. Jesus revealed that God will punish people in the future because they reject Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.