God is the Judge!

The Lord has the right over His creation to create the laws, punish the law-breakers, and reward the law-keepers. When Adam disobeyed God we are shown what God’s punishment is for disobedience: death. Scripture later reveals, especially in Romans 5, that Adam was acting as the head of the human race during that act of disobedience. Therefore, not only did he fall- but all of humanity fell with him. God created us in His image and likeness, but when Adam chose to sin he so marred the image of God in us that we are now sinners by nature (we are born with a tendency to love sin and hate God) and sinners by choice (that means we are not victims, but participants). Therefore based on our works we can never be worthy of reward, and we are worthy of condemnation from day one. What hope do we have of salvation? Only that the God we have so angered by our sin would come and die to pay the price for that sin.