Who Deserves What?

Dear Fellow Travelers,
Continuing from yesterday: In light of our foolish desire for God to be fair, who deserves the most severe punishment, those who pick up sticks on the Sabbath, or those who trample underfoot the Son of God, and regard the blood of the New Covenant as unclean, and insult the Spirit of grace? Yes, I know—the latter, not the former, as he was punished far beyond any semblance of fairness. Why in the world would a loving God want to dole out such harsh punishment, for such a minor infraction? (The answer to that is important!)
Let me “modernize” my question with this: Who deserves the most severe punishment, the cashiers that work at Wal-Mart on Sunday, or the church-goers, who judge the cashiers for working on Sunday? Careful!
Now listen up: there is not one, single thing in the Bible that tells us not to work at Wal-Mart on Sunday—nothing, nada, zilch; however, there is much that tells us not to judge one another. The church, however, never says much about judging (I wonder why!), but it is constantly preaching the dangers of failing to keep the Sabbath Day holy! Will we ever learn that the Sabbath in no longer a day of the week, but the Person of Jesus? Hmmmm-
Let me put a slightly different twist on my question: Who deserves the most severe punishment, those who teach that our keeping the Ten Commandments is an essential part of our justification and sanctification, or those who teach that our keeping the Ten Commandments has nothing whatsoever to do with our justification and righteousness? Re-member: throughout church history, heretics have never been treated very kindly, so be careful how you answer!
One more time: Who deserves the most severe punishment, those who teach that it is our responsibility to faithfully use our energies to win the world to Jesus, or those who teach that the gospel is the power of God for salvation, and leave the “winning” to Him? I will tell you this: the former group is much larger than the latter—much larger!
Now, in the above, I have given you some examples of “trampling underfoot the Son of God,” of “regarding as unclean the blood of the covenant,” and of “insulting the Spirit of Grace.” Can you identify them?
Finally, which group deserves the most severe punishment?

Yes, I will continue this on the morrow!!