“holy, just, and good.” But a law without a penalty attached for its violation would be a nullity. That penalty is called “death.” That word includes physical, spiritual, and eternal death. Death means separation: physical death, separation of soul and body; spiritual death, the soul cut off from union with God; eternal death, man eternally separated from God, expressed in these words: “Depart from me into everlasting fire.” Such is the awful penalty attached to the law of God under which man is