Satan goes about with his bundle of lies, giving one to one person, and
another to another. To one he says, "God is too merciful to punish
sinners"; and if this is not believed he tries another, "If He
does punish the sinner in hell, the punishment won't be eternal."
It is
blessed truth that "God is merciful"; but He is also holy and
just, and never can be merciful at the expense of His justice.
All His attributes are equally balanced and cannot conflict with each
other. He who is long-suffering and slow to anger "Will by no
means clear the guilty." The prisoner who is being taken to jail
by the officers of justice has learned that the judge would not allow
the lawbreaker to go unpunished.
God's
pardoning mercy flows only through one channel, and that is the
atonement of Christ; and all who refuse to accept of life through His
death must forever "dwell with the devouring fire". "The wicked
shall be turned into Hell, and all the nations that forget God"
(Ps. 9:17); "he that believeth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him" (John 3:36).
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