Cursory Conversation on Commandments

Further to my post yesterday......

Person A: God has given us laws and commandments that are impossible to keep.

Person B: Would that not make Him unjust for demanding punishment on those who break His laws?

Person A: No, because God is a God of love and justice.

Person B: But if He demands observance of His commandments that are impossible for you and me to keep and then condemn us to everlasting punishment, nothing can be more unjust and unloving, don’t you think? Even imperfect parents do not require obedience from their kids to a rule they know their kids will not be able to keep, how much more God if He is indeed loving and just?

Person A: Ah, it’s because of Jesus. You see He died as a sacrifice for our sins. He paid the penalty. God knew all along that we would not be able to keep the commandments demanded by His holiness, that’s why even before we were born He planned that Jesus will die on our behalf, if we want to be brought back to His fold.

Person B: Wow! Let me get this straight. Are you saying, and am I understanding you correctly that:

A God of love and justice authored these commandments that man cannot keep;
Man is consequently punished for breaking these laws;
God provided a way for man to escape punishment by sending Jesus to calvary to pay the price of breaking the laws that are impossible for him to keep in the first place;
He must accept what Christ has done by faith to be reconciled back to God?

Person A: You’re getting it.

Person B: If you’re right, then God planned His own misery and man had the perfect excuse for his sin.

The testimony of the Scriptures though, appears to show the exact opposite: God gave us good laws – laws that are not burdensome; laws that are product of His love and wisdom; laws that were intended to provide guidance and direction in our relationship to Him and our fellowmen. Sadly, man who was created in God’s image and possessed freedom to choose, chose to break those laws. The God of boundless mercy provided a way in the person of Jesus Christ who was the only One who fit the bill to be the ultimate sacrifice for sin once and for all.