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That is why only a perfect
sacrifice would be
a†eptable for the debt
we owe God — and the
perfect blˆd of God’s
son Jesus was an
a†eptable payment for
the debt we each owe God
(Colo ians 2:14).

If God were to “wink at” or excuse our sin
then he would not be perfectly just, and
heaven would also be le than perfect.
When we refuse Jesus as
our substitute, we must
pay the price ourselves
(Romans 6:23).

God gave us the fr dom to
I would like to chˆse how we respond to Him.
talk to you
about what it
If He forced us, then we would
means to fo ow merely be robots and God would
Christ.
have violated our fr wi .
Christian writer and profe or
C. S. Lewis put it this way…
“There are only two kinds of people
in the end: those who say to God, ‘Thy
wi be done,’ and those to whom God
says, in the end, ‘Thy wi be done.’

Love is only love when it is voluntary.
We ca ot love God unle we have
the option of not loving Him.
Because God honors our autonomy, He “A that are in
18 18 wi never force suender or loyalty. He , chse it.”