Jesus suffered greatly for us; why then would God want to punish us more. If we have received Christ, all our sins have been washed away, so why would we deserve more punishment?
We, Christians, have not been appointed unto wrath.
You can be punished if you want, but I’m redeemed from the curse ...”
What happened to the apostles? How many of them suffered horribly, to the death? How about the tens of thousands of Christians executed by the Romans? The Communists? The “God’s wrath is different” argument holds no water; it is patently unproveable since God has never poured His wrath upon the world since Jesus’ resurrection. We do know that when He was going to pour it out on Sodom and Gomorrah, He was perfectly okay with destroying all the godly people there along with the wicked; He was only persuaded by the multiple petitions on behalf of the godly by Abraham to refrain from destroying the godly, allowing Lot and his family to escape.
we shouldn't if we accept His gift of forgiveness of our sine and CEASE SINNING...but, of course we don't. We therefore have some responsibility for our own actions unless you believe OSAS...a theory which makes no sense whatsoever. If OSAS is true, we are free to live any lifestyle that we please....after all, all our sins, past and future have been forgiven.....nice, but not realistic.