God’s attitude towards our sin

We see from the above verses that God takes His own holiness and sinlessness extremely seriously. There is no alternative for Him but to do so, because He must remain true to His own nature. Now consider by contrast the following passages. These show what our sin is like and how seriously God takes it:

⁵The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. ⁶The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain. Genesis 6:5-6 (NIV)

"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine The soul who sins will die. Ezekiel 18:4 (NASB)

¹¹Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight and was full of violence.¹²God saw how corrupt the earth had become, for all the people on earth had corrupted their ways. Genesis 6:11-12(NIV)

I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done? Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle. Jeremiah 8:6 (NIV)	¹ The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and their ways are vile; there is no one who does good. ² God looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if there are any who understand, any who seek God. ³Everyone has turned away, they have together become corrupt; there is no one who does good, not even one. Psalm 53:1-3 (NIV)
⁵The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. ⁶You destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. Psalm 5:5-6 (NASB)

25"Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God." Jeremiah 3:25 (NASB)

These verses describe all of mankind. We are all like that, including you and me. This was not what God had intended. He had planned for the world to be perfect and for Adam and Eve, and all their descendents, to have a perfect relationship with Him, and each other, in a sinless way. In short, it was meant to be like heaven will be.