Lord’s Day 4

Scripture Memory: Ephesians 5:6

Q 9: Does not God, then, do injustice to man by requiring of him in His Law that which he cannot perform?

A. Not at all, for God made man capable of performing it;[1] but man, by the instigation of the devil,[2] and his own willful disobedience[3] deprived himself and all his descendants of those divine gifts.[4]

[1] Gen 1:31; Eph 4:24; [2] Gen 3:13; Jn 8:44; 1 Tim 2:13-14; [3] Gen 3:6; [4] Rom 5:12, 18-19

Q 10: Will God allow such disobedience and apostasy to go unpunished?

A. By no means,[1] but He is terribly displeased with our original as well as our actual sins, and will punish them in His just judgment in time and eternity,[2] as He has declared: “Cursed is everyone that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.”[3]

[1] Heb 9:27; [2] Ex 34:7; Ps 5:4-6, 7:10; Nah 1:2; Mt 25:41; Rom 1:18, 5:12; Eph 5:6; [3] Deut 27:26; Gal 3:10

Q 11: Is not God then also merciful?

A. God is indeed merciful,[1] but also just;[2] therefore His justice requires that sin which is committed against the most high majesty of God, be also punished with extreme, that is, with everlasting punishment both of body and soul.[3]

[1] Ex 20:6, 34:6-7; Ps 103:8-9; [2] Ex 20:5, 34:7; Deut 7:9-11; Ps 5:4-6; 2 Cor 6:14-16; Heb 10:30-31; Rev 14:11; [3] Mt 25:45-46

Catechism Sermons for Lord’s Day 4:

Richard Bacon (offsite): Objections to God’s Justice

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