A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [6] 12/04/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Samuel 12: 10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

Adam and Eve were entirely forgiven but they had to deal with the fallout of those choices they made. This point is critically important because it will put a check on our expectations and our understanding of God’s love. Being forgiven doesn’t always mean that the natural results of sin in the temporal realm will be removed. The thief on the cross was fully forgiven, and he will be saved in God’s kingdom no doubt.

However, the bitcoin he’d stolen, had to be adjudicated in earthly courts of law. God’s forgiveness didn’t overturn his just due on a horizontal level, as it pertains to man to man. Similarly, after David was forgiven, the Lord declared that He would not intervene to prevent the natural consequences of his actions, because a grave wrong had been committed to his fellowman and therefore the issue must be adjudicated in the here and now.

Was David forgiven? He absolutely was, but damage done had to be addressed, because God’s love and His justice are both integral parts of His character. In fact, His justice also originates from the foundation of love, hence the reason why the laws of sowing and reaping were then allowed to run their natural course.

2nd Samuel 12:13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!

A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [5] 12/04/2025 (Evening thought)

Psalms 103: 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. 11 For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him.

When these laws and instructions are obeyed and implemented, they would greatly reduce the need for GLPs, and they could prevent, to a great extent the other afflictions, like clogged arteries and other diseases, which now haunt many individuals to the grave… [Prophets & Kings pp 59] His love is not uncertain and fluctuating. Ever He watches over His children with a care that is measureless.

It was the principle of love that drove God to give us those laws and instructions and therefore, we must reiterate the first point, which says that everything God does, and every command and instruction that He has given to the human family, has its foundation its roots, and its origin in the principle of love… [2] God’s love forgives sins, but it does not always remove the natural consequences in this life….

Some persons expect that the literal results of their sin would be removed, when they seek forgiveness from God. While it is true that God deals mercifully with us, it is not always the case that the results of wrongdoing would be removed in this life. God forgives the repentant person entirely, but the damage that was done in the here and now needs to be addressed. Sometimes, God in His mercy may mitigate the fallout of some adverse consequence at His discretion, but in other instances, persons might have to face the music, even after being completely forgiven by God.

Psalms 103: 12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!