If you have more than one child in your family, you have probably faced a familiar dilemma. A mother was telling about her three boys. "My boys are very loyal to each other," she said. When one of them misbehaves, the others will not tell on him."

Her friend asked, "How do you know which one to punish?"

"It's not too hard," she replied. "When one of them does something wrong, we send all three to bed without supper or TV. The next morning we spank the one with the black eye."

Every parent wishes it were that easy.

The Bible tells us of a dilemma that is even more painful for God. It is the dilemma of humanity's sin.

The Bible is very explicit--we are sinners. We may try to joke it away.

I saw some graffiti that said: "You must pay for our sins. If you have already paid, please disreg…