{"id":62411,"date":"2011-08-15T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-15T05:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/judgment-for-crime-measured-by-one-against-whom-it-is-commi\/"},"modified":"2011-08-15T05:52:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-15T05:52:00","slug":"judgment-for-crime-measured-by-one-against-whom-it-is-commi","status":"publish","type":"sermon-illustrations","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/preaching\/sermon-illustrations\/judgment-for-crime-measured-by-one-against-whom-it-is-commi\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment for a Crime Measured by the One Against Whom It Is Committed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Smith addresses people who object to God&#39;s judgment on sin:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You may say, &quot;Wait a minute. How can any sin deserve everlasting destruction? If God is just, how can he punish like this?&quot;<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The best answer I ever heard to that question was given by a friend of mine who is a middle school pastor. He outlined the stages of the following scenario:<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\n\n\tSuppose a middle school student punches another student in class. What happens? The student is given a detention.\n\tSuppose during the detention, this boy punches the teacher. What happens? The student gets suspended from school.\n\tSuppose on the way home, the same boy punches a policeman on the nose. What happens? He finds himself in jail.\n\tSuppose some years later, the very same boy is in a crowd waiting to see the President of the United States. As the President passes by, the boy lunges forward to punch the President. What happens? 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