Re: Why did Jesus have to die?
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Similarly, God cannot simply pardon sin without payment of the penalty.
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Yes, he can. God is all-powerful. Are you telling me that, even if he willed it, he couldn't remove the sin from a person and let them into heaven?
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You are missing a key point concerning the nature of God. God is so righteous that He is the ultimate defintion of good. Therefore, anything that separates us from God is a sin.
There are certain things that even God cannot do. Sinning is one of those things. Having been born into sin, we cannot enter the presence of God (Heaven) without the sacrifice of Jesus. Were it not for Jesus, we would be left to etnernal separation from God (Hell).
Does this help it make more sense?
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