Is God Just Mercy vs Justice Debate

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:00]What what do you think is more reflective of a just God? A God that says the one who sins is the one who is held accountable or the God who says that he is going to send his innocent son to die for our sins. Who is more just to you if you don't mind me asking?

[00:00:11]>> You want mercy? Because if we got justice, none of us would be here. So I don't I don't even want to acknowledge such a question because my preference will always be mercy.

[00:00:20]>> You believe God is just. Correct.

[00:00:21]>> He is just with the most.

[00:00:23]>> He is the most just.

[00:00:25]>> Okay. So what's more just? Like what is more just to you? A God who holds the people who sin accountable or a God that sends an innocent man to die for the sins of mankind. Which is more just?

[00:00:34]>> Can I start by saying that sin requires a penalty? Okay. There's a penalty that always must be satisfied and that's the justice aspect. God in his mercy can choose to satisfy that penalty any way that he wants to. So you're trying to force a false dichotomy to make it seem as if it has to be one or the other. But the God that we serve is both equally merciful and equally just. And that is why he chose to demonstrate that justice and that mercy on the cross.

[00:00:58]>> Although God is capable of choosing whatever means. But I'm asking which option is the most just. So I mean if you would like to answer I would like to hear from you because it feels like I've been having a conversation with everybody else and I haven't really heard from you. But in your personal opinion what do you think is more just?

[00:01:14]God holding the person who sins accountable whether it be through means of for example repentance. We see this all over the Quran and not just the Quran but within the Old Testament where God says that if somebody upholds the law and they turn away from the sin that he will forget. He will forget that they ever sinned. What do you think is more just that or a human sacrifice for these people's sins? What do you think is more just?