The Love & Justice of God

“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.”- 2 Peter 3:9

A Pastor from Ohio gave a wonderful sermon on the love of God for His People.  He talked of how our Father gives us our whole life, every second, to make the right choice:  Jesus Christ.  Some of us may know, love and serve Jesus from a very young age.  Some of us may choose Jesus at a very old age, at the very last second.  We may even choose Jesus right before we die  But we both go to Heaven.  Because our Father loves us so.  Although one note of caution:  We may die younger than age 90, so we may not want to wait, lol ?

But as Merciful as God is, He is also Just.  After all, if God were not Just as well as Merciful, who would follow Him?  The Gospel Coalition had a good definition of the Wrath of God:  “the Holy action of retributive justice towards persons whose actions deserve eternal condemnation”.

As human beings, we don’t like to think of God’s Justice or Wrath.  We would rather focus on God’s Love and Mercy, but to do so exclusively is to put ourselves, and those we love, at risk.  God’s Justice and Wrath is a real as His Love and Mercy.  For our own sake and for the sake of those we love, we need to focus on both. 

There are people, who despite God’s generosity, will refuse to ever Follow Jesus.  There are also people, who will refuse to follow the Roadmap that God has given us for our lives, the Holy Bible.  But there are consequences for those choices, as their should be.  And that is where God’s Justice and Wrath comes in.  We see it in the Old Testament; we see it in Revelations; we see it throughout the Bible.  The Wrath of God will come for those who reject Jesus Christ.  And whether people choose to believe this Truth matters not, because God’s Wrath will come.

“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.” – John 3:36

Choose wisely…