As the late–nineteenth-century pastor C. H. Spurgeon wrote, “God is more ready to forgive than I am to offend.”1 If it is true that it is not our repentance that leads God to be kind but God’s kindness that leads us to repent (Rom. 2:4), then why would we ever consider not repenting of our sin? If God has moved our judgment day from the future to the past through the perfect life and atoning death of Jesus, why would we ever think it right or good to continue living in ways that are worthy of judgment?
