Someone else might argue, “My dishonesty makes it clearer that God is truthful. It makes his glory shine more brightly. So why does he want to punish me for doing wrong?”
Not at all! Let God be true, even if every human being is a liar. As it is written, “So that you may be proved right when you speak and the courts may decide in your favor.”
Long ago God planned that Jesus would be handed over to you. With the help of those who didn’t know God’s law, and under the plan God spoke long ago, you put him to death by nailing him to a cross.