Q73. Isn't this just like when my father tells me to misbehave if I want, but then punishes me when I do?
Yes, exactly. Or consider what Joshua said: "If it seems wrong to you to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve." Serve your sins, but do so at your own peril.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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Joshua 24:15
“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”