1st John 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
This understanding of God should be embraced by His people, if we are to avoid the snare of blaming God wrongfully, for in the Old Testament we would read of the Antediluvians in Noah’s day being destroyed by the flood, and we would oftentimes read of God sending the nation of Israel to utterly destroy certain nations.
Thus, some persons have come to question, both the goodness and justice of God, for some believe erroneously that He is supposed to be one-sided in His administration, only using love without justice.
But the Scriptural view of God is that He is both A loving God and a God of justice, because love is not love at all if justice is not recognized and employed where warranted. Our first passage enumerates the goodness and mercies of God, but it also states that He will in now wise clear the guilty.
Deuteronomy 32:3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!