I’m glad you included the reference to 2 Peter 3 - “we must always remember that God’s delayed judgment is due to His mercy, not His negligence (see 2 Pet. 3:9).” That is what came to mind while reading. It also makes me think of Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds, where the owner delays the “weed pulling” until the harvest and chooses to allow both wheat and weeds to grow together. This is the mercy of God, and yet it does not negate that there IS a harvest…a time where weeds will be pulled from the field. Where the parable breaks down is that weeds can in fact become wheat as the gospel sinks deep. We don’t like to talk about the judgment of God, but I’m guessing none of us would like to live in a world created and ruled by a God who is not just.
The justice of God is a frightful thing, and I don't write about it flippantly. However, we do violence to the Scriptural presentation of God if we never talk about His justice.
He is good. He is kind. He is love. But He is also holy, and He is just.
I'm thankful to no longer be in the cross-hairs. Truly a humbling thought.
My pastor once said that only people who are living a comfortable life despise the idea of a just God…meaning there are people who live in horrible oppression that are counting on the justice of God. That he sees evil and will judge it. Thanks be to Christ who has brought the believers judgment day from the future into the past.
I’m glad you included the reference to 2 Peter 3 - “we must always remember that God’s delayed judgment is due to His mercy, not His negligence (see 2 Pet. 3:9).” That is what came to mind while reading. It also makes me think of Jesus’ parable of the wheat and the weeds, where the owner delays the “weed pulling” until the harvest and chooses to allow both wheat and weeds to grow together. This is the mercy of God, and yet it does not negate that there IS a harvest…a time where weeds will be pulled from the field. Where the parable breaks down is that weeds can in fact become wheat as the gospel sinks deep. We don’t like to talk about the judgment of God, but I’m guessing none of us would like to live in a world created and ruled by a God who is not just.
The justice of God is a frightful thing, and I don't write about it flippantly. However, we do violence to the Scriptural presentation of God if we never talk about His justice.
He is good. He is kind. He is love. But He is also holy, and He is just.
I'm thankful to no longer be in the cross-hairs. Truly a humbling thought.
My pastor once said that only people who are living a comfortable life despise the idea of a just God…meaning there are people who live in horrible oppression that are counting on the justice of God. That he sees evil and will judge it. Thanks be to Christ who has brought the believers judgment day from the future into the past.