Real Life Catechism

God requires that his justice be satisfied.1

Therefore the claims of this justice

must be paid in full,

either by ourselves or by another.2

1 Ex. 23:7; Rom. 2:1-11

2 Isa. 53:11; Rom. 8:3-4

Certainly not.

Actually, we increase our debt every day.1

1 Matt. 6:12; Rom. 2:4-5

No.

To begin with,

God will not punish any other creature

for what a human is guilty of.1 Furthermore,

no mere creature can bear the weight of God’s eternal wrath against sin and deliver others from it.2

1 Ezek. 18:4, 20; Heb. 2:14-18

2 Ps. 49:7-9; 130:3

One who is a true1 and righteous2 human, yet more powerful than all creatures, that is, one who is also true God.3

1 Rom. 1:3; 1 Cor. 15:21; Heb. 2:17

2 Isa. 53:9; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 7:26

3 Isa. 7:14; 9:6; Jer. 23:6; John 1:1