Leviticus 5:17 (NASBStr)
“Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
If you wanted to start a great debate at work, in your family or with anyone you meet, try asking this question: "If someone sins and doesn't even know that it is a sin, are they still accountable for that sin? Do they still owe a debt to God for it?" What do you think the response of most unbelievers would be? What do you think would be the response of most believers? The answer, according to the above verse, is that, yes, they are both guilty of the sin and there is a punishment for that sin. Our society tends to think that we aren't responsible for a sin against God if we aren't aware of it. Yet, that doesn't make logical sense in our society. We have people who go through stop signs because they were "unaware" it was there and get tickets, every day. In our world, "ignorance of the law" is not a defense. Yet, we plead ignorance of God's Laws all the time and think God will blink. God doesn't blink. That is why He sent His Son to cover our sins, even those we do we don't know or remember or realize. God is the great God of compassion. But, He is also the God of justice. NO sin is just forgiven without punishment. But, every sin in the believer's life has suffered punishment through the atonement of the Sacrificial Lamb, Jesus. God doesn't simply forgive (blink) at our sin. Each one must be paid for, in full. Jesus did that. The unbeliever pays for each himself or herself. Believers have it paid for by the grace of God.
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