HC 10

Q10. Will God allow such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished?

Certainly not. He is terribly displeased with our original sin as well as our actual sins. Therefore He will punish them by a just judgment both now and eternally, as He has declared: Cursed be every one who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, and do them (Galatians 3:10).

Proof texts

• Ex. 34:7 — [7] keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
• Ps. 5:4-6 — [4] For you are not a God who delights in wickedness; evil may not dwell with you. [5] The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers. [6] You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.
• Ps. 7:10 — [10] My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
• Nah. 1:2 — [2] The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and wrathful; the LORD takes vengeance on his adversaries and keeps wrath for his enemies.
• Rom. 1:18 — [18] For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
• Rom. 5:12 — [12] Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned —
• Eph. 5:6 — [6] Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.
• Heb. 9:27 — [27] And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
• Deut. 27:26 — [26] “‘Cursed be anyone who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Ex. 34:7 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 9 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. BC 2.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. BC 2.2 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

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