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1 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Rom831 | 30030 | ||
Is God just or not. This has confused me a bit. We all sin and all fall short. We are all sinners and the wages of sin is death. Just because we believe in Christ, doesn't make us any less a sinner. It is by God's grace alone that we do not end up where all sinners deserve. But that's the question. If a non believer dies, they go to hell. This is a just reward for their sins. But believers sin too. So wouldn't the just reward also be hell? And if we don't get our "just reward" but something else, then wasn't God being merciful and not just? I'm not saying this is a bad thing! Just trying to reconcile this in my head. Bless...ArtS |
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2 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Makarios | 30033 | ||
Daniel 4:35 "All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, but He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of earth; and no one can ward off His hand or say to Him, 'What have You done?'" [NASB] - Nolan |
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3 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Lionstrong | 30400 | ||
I'm sorry, Nolan But what in the world does your reference mean in the context of God's justice!? Does it mean that Man is insignificant, and so it does not matter what God does with him, sending some to hell and others to heaven? Pleasl, explain. Peace, Lionstrong |
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4 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Makarios | 30401 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong! Here is the reasoning behind my reference to Daniel 4:35: Who are we to say that God is just or unjust, or to even speculate on it? - Nolan |
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5 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Lionstrong | 30417 | ||
Thanks, Nolan For clearing that up. But the question if this thread is a question that people sincerely ask, and that the Bible answers. The Bible teaches that God is just, as ArtS rightly references. And as in Tim's reference, Paul takes time to argue and defend the truth of the Gospel that God is not being unjust when he justifies the believer. "...so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus." Rom 3:26 You write, "Who are we to say that God is just or unjust, or to even speculate on it?" ArtS is asking a question. He is not affirming that God is unjust. Let's take time to give a biblical answer to a question the Bible itself addresses that we might build up one another in the truth of God's Word. Jesus took the believers place before God's justise and bore the wrath of God(the wages of sin is death) in the stead of believers. God's justice is thereby satisfied in the death of Christ for his people. (Another name for the Atonement in is the Satisfaction.) Hense, God remains just while justifying the believing sinner. Peace, Lionstrong |
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6 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Makarios | 30426 | ||
Greetings Lionstrong, I see no reason at all or anything in Scripture to prompt me to even believe that God is not "just", as we humans might understand "justice", since He is the Ultimate Judge, and there is nothing for us to stand on by somehow arguing how God is not just. I really see no point or any reason at all why Christians should dwell on such a question, since the answer is so plain to us by knowing what Jesus has done for us and continues to do for us, in the wake of our sin. I believe that a better question for us to ask is, "Do we fully understand what being "just" means?" - Nolan |
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7 | Is God really just? | Deut 32:4 | Lionstrong | 30478 | ||
Dear Brother Nolan, If a brother has a sincere question about God or his word I really see no point or any reason at all why Christians should not try to give an honest biblical answer to help a fellow believer who is struggling with such a question in his mind. Telling him that he should not think about such things does not help him resolve his problem; it only breeds a dishonest faith. Just because the question is resolved in your mind doesn't mean it can't be a question in others. The justice of God is a major theme in Scripture and we should be quick to teach others about it, not tell them that there is no point or reason to dwell on it. The Bible dwells on it. Peace, in the Lamb my brother Lionstrong |
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