In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.
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As somebody once said, we're not punished for our sins, we're punished by them.
We are punished by our sins, not for them.
There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it.
I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.
People who commit crimes should be responsible for those crimes. It doesn't matter whether they're priests or ministers or atheists.
Therefore, sins of sex are punished in this life to a greater degree than some other sins.
One is punished by the very things by which he sins.