### 14. Q.Can another creature—any at all—pay this debt for us?

**A**. No. To begin with, God will not punish any other creature for what a human is guilty of.<sup>1</sup> Furthermore, no mere creature can bear the weight of God’s eternal wrath against sin and deliver others from it.<sup>2</sup>

<sup>1</sup> [Ezek. 18:4](/get-passage/Ezekiel+18:4), [20](/get-passage/Ezekiel+18:20); [Heb. 2:14-18](/get-passage/Hebrews+2:14-18)
<sup>2</sup> [Ps. 49:7-9](/get-passage/Psalms+49:7-9); [130:3](/get-passage/Psalms+130:3)