A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [8] 12/05/2025 (Morning thought)

2nd Samuel 12:14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 57] Adam reproached his companion for her folly in leaving his side and permitting herself to be deceived by the serpent. But they both flattered themselves that He who had given them so many evidences of His love, would pardon this one transgression, or that they would not be subjected to so dire a punishment as they had feared. But the great Lawgiver was about to make known to Adam and Eve the consequences of their transgression.

[3] Justice is just as much a part of God’s love and it must never be separated as being an isolated aspect of His character. Even though the execution of justice is described as being a strange act for God, it’s a strange, but loving act, for everything He does is always in the very best interest of His creatures. Even destruction, when it’s done by God, is always a loving act, in the very best interest of all concerned.

When The Lord destroyed the earth by the flood, it was an act of love, done in the best interest of the human family, for if he had not intervened sin would have multiplied to such an extent that righteousness would have been permanently blotted from the face of the earth…. [Patriarchs & Prophets pp 91] Polygamy had been early introduced contrary to the divine arrangement at the beginning. Whoever coveted the wives or the possessions of his neighbor, took them by force, and men exulted in their deeds of violence.

Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 7 And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

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

A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [7] 12/05/2025 (Evening 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.

If Jeffry Epstein was alive today, and he was to truly ask God for forgiveness, God would forgive him no doubt, but he would have to spend the rest of his life behind bars because on a human to human level the sins he committed produced severe, traumatic, and in some cases, lifelong injury to his victims. Again, if after spending recklessly for many years on one’s credit cards; and if after purchasing blings and things without thought, the individual is now being haunted by collectors.

If that person asks God to forgive, He absolutely will, but the collectors might still show up at your door with a baseball bat. The Lord may or may not mitigate the situation, but as far as expecting that He must to do so as part and parcel of His forgiveness, is not a correct view of His love. This is what Adam and Eve expected as part of the forgiveness package, that some way, somehow God’s love would remove the natural results of their sin.

God in His mercy, did offer them redemption in the Person of Jesus Christ, but the natural effects of sin would ensue, even as they were totally forgiven. It’s important that persons manage their expectations of God’s love, so as to cultivate balanced, scriptural views.

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