The Consequences of Sin
There are consequences for sin—real, eternal consequences. Your sin provokes God’s wrath, the powerful and just anger of a holy God, and brings His rightful judgment. Even one sin brings spiritually death. A holy God must reject all that is unholy.
Because God makes the rules and sets the standards in the perfect world He created, the wages for sin, the price that pays, is death— both spiritual and physical— and eternal punishment.
“For the wages of sin (the price that sin pays) is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” — (Romans 6:23); emphasis added.
“Therefore, just as through one man (Adam) sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned…” — (Romans 5:12); emphasis added.
Because of sin, you will die. We all will— a spiritual death and separation from God upon your first sin, a physical death one time on the earth (for everybody), and then a second death when Jesus returns in judgment for those whose name is not found in the Lamb’s book of life; those who physically died in their earthly lives who had refused to repent and accept God’s pardon of sin through Christ. Warning: You do not want to die a second death.
Eternal Punishment Described
“But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will repay to each according to his works” (Romans 2:5-6).
The Bible describes the eternal punishment for sin as:
A horrendous, but rightful judgment for sin against a Holy God. An eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons (Matthew 25:41). A place where there will be a fully informed conscience— relentlessly accusing the sinner forever— causing anguish, weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. He cannot deny it or escape it. It is a place where the ungodly will never escape the conscience in the end. It can not longer be ignored. Never-ending fiery torment and conscious suffering where “their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched” (Mark 9:48)
The lake of fire is the final hell, “the second death” (Revelation 20:14)—a place of eternal punishment for all unrepentant rebels, angelic or human (Revelation 20:10, 15), where “the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever, and they have no rest, day or night” (Revelation 14:11). It burns with “fire and brimstone” (Revelation 21:8), an endless sea of molten judgment where light reveals no hope and darkness offers no hiding place. The stench of sulfur chokes the air as waves of flame crash again and again, yet never consume. Here, mercy is gone, justice is final, and It is conscious, unending, and without escape.
“And anyone not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.” — (Revelation 20:15)
The book of life contains the names of all those who will inherit eternal life.
- Born once (physically), die twice (physical and spiritual death).
- Born twice (physically and spiritually — “born again”), die once (physical death only).
You do not want to die twice.
God’s justice for sin is just what we deserve—and just what Jesus saved us from.
God promised in Genesis 2:17 that sinners “shall surely die” unless a substitute dies in their place. That substitute had to be truly God and truly human and without sin (the perfect lamb):
No one met that standard. Not one…
Until Jesus!
Jesus Christ, the sinless Son of God, took our place, paid our penalty, and rose again—offering eternal life to all who believe.
The gospel only makes sense when you understand God’s divine judgment.
And you have to know the consequences of violating the law of God for which Jesus shed His blood and died for you. The wages of sin, the price that sin pays, is death! — spiritual death and separation from God upon your first sin, physical death one time on the earth (everybody), and a second death on Judgment Day for those who die the without faith in Christ.
Warning: You do not want to die for a second time when Jesus returns! Born twice, die once. Born once, die twice.
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