A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [10] 12/06/2025 (Morning thought)

James 4: 17 Therefore to him that knows to do good and does it not, to him it is sin.

[The Spirit of Prophecy Bk 1 pp 82] Before the flood there were immense forests. The trees were many times larger than any trees which we now see. They were of great durability. They would know nothing of decay for hundreds of years. At the time of the flood, these forests were torn up or broken down and buried in the earth. They have since petrified and become coal, which accounts for the large coal beds which are now found. This coal has produced oil.

This leads us to our fourth and final point pertaining to a balanced view of God’s love: [4] In cases where persons know better, God’s love does not accept partial obedience to His revealed will. In other words, if a person knowingly omits any part of God’s revealed will, The Lord cannot and will never accept that kind of obedience. When The Lord instructed Cain and Abel to bring a lamb as an offering, Abel obeyed, but Cain showed up with a different kind of offering.

Cain partially obeyed, in that he did come with an offering, only it wasn’t what God had required, and therefore God could not accept it, because Cain knew better…. Genesis 4: 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. 4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering.

Genesis 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

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

A Balanced View of God’s Love. Part [9] 12/06/2025 (Evening thought)

Genesis 6: 5 And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. 8 But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.

[Patriarchs & Prophets pp 91] They delighted in destroying the life of animals. The world was in its infancy; yet iniquity had become so deep and widespread that God could no longer bear with it… That this was indeed the case can clearly be seen by the very few who were saved, out of billions of folks who were alive back then. When God crunched the numbers, He only found eight persons that he could save to repopulate the earth afterwards.

And even as He destroyed the earth, His love drove Him to bury vast amounts of trees, so that America, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Russia could have vast reserves of oil and natural gas to heat homes during in winter, thousands of years later. So yes, even destruction, when it comes from God is founded upon the same basic principles of love that moved Jesus to die for our sins on Calvary.

Both the cross and the flood have their origin in the principle of love, for whatsoever God does, comes from that same springboard of love. It may not seem so up front, but behind the scenes it is God’s love that’s working things out for the best good of everyone. One day, every person on planet earth together with all the unfallen worlds and even the devil and his angels will confess this singular and sacred truth, that everything God does, or has done, was always done on the basis of love. 

Genesis 7:1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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