Why God Must Punish Sin: The Necessity of Divine Justice | John Owen

Reformed Thinking · Apr 1, 2026 · 37m · transcript

Deep Dive into A Dissertation on Divine Justice by John Owen - Another head of the first part of the dissertation — Arguments for the necessary egress of vindicatory justice from the supposition of sin — The first argument — God’s hatred of sin; what — Whether God by nature hates sin, or because he wills so to do — Testimonies from holy Scripture — Dr Twisse’s answer — The sum of it — The same obviated — The relation of obedience to reward and of sin to punishment not the same — Justice and mercy, in respect of their exercise, different — The second argument — The description of God in the…