Holiness and Justice

1341.923 - 1382.555 R.C. Sproul

The minute you think that God owes you mercy, a bell should go off in your brain that warns you and tells you that you're no longer thinking about mercy. For by definition, mercy is voluntary. God is never obligated to be merciful to a rebellious creature. He doesn't owe you mercy. As He has said, I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy. And I'll close with this. A holy God