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Why couldn't God just forgive us? Because it would be unjust to pardon without penalty. The Proverbs state that he who justifies the wicked is an abomination (Prov 17:15). For God to justify the wicked (us), someone had to bear the punishment and that was Jesus, our substitute.

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