Sin and God’s character

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In his righteousness and holiness, God detests sin and its effects upon humanity. In his mercy and grace, he makes available a means of atonement, by the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

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God’s character and sin

God himself is perfect

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Jesus Christ is sinless

1 Peter 2:22 ESV
He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
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God’s people are to be holy

1 Peter 1:15–16 ESV
but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
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God’s attitude to sin

God knows all sin

Jeremiah 16:17 ESV
For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from me, nor is their iniquity concealed from my eyes.
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God grieves over sin

Genesis 6:6 ESV
And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
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God hates sin

Psalm 11:5 ESV
The Lord tests the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and the one who loves violence.
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Sin provokes God’s anger

Romans 1:18 ESV
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.
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God is also merciful and gracious

Exodus 34:6–7 ESV
The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
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God’s patience with sinners

2 Peter 3:9 ESV
The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
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Jesus Christ is the supreme revelation of God’s love for sinners

Jesus Christ’s ministry of forgiveness

1 Timothy 1:15 ESV
The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the foremost.
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God’s love shown in Jesus Christ’s death

Romans 5:8 ESV
but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
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The risen Christ gives grace to sinful people

1 John 2:1 ESV
My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
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