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The Cause of His Death - Part 1

The Bible for Today with John Stott

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Why Shouldn't God Forgive Me?

According to the scriptures, that's paul for here is peter christ once suffered for sins. So why shouldn't god be equally generous? Why was it necessary for god's son to lay down his life as a sacrifice for sin before god could forgive us? Isn't that a very crude idea with sophisticated people like us have long ago discarded? And there are two reasons. The analogy between our forgiving one another and god's forgiving us is a very superficial analogy. Betrays shallowness of thought and not sophistication. For the simple reason that we are not god. We are private individuals. But god is not a private individual. He is the maker of the laws we break. Sin

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