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NASB | Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Deuteronomy 32:4 "The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness without iniquity (injustice), Just and upright is He. |
Subject: Is God really just? |
Bible Note: I don't understand why you posted those first three paragraphs of questions. Nowhere did Lionstrong suggest that we should withhold the proclamation of the gospel. Secondly, you wrote: "I cannot comprehend Calling God just, in any way, if He randomly chooses the majority of people and refuses them His grace and intern condemns them to hell." A couple of biblical points: 1. It is precisely because God is just that sinful people are condemned to hell. It would be unjust not to punish sin. Those who go to hell deserve to be there, just as you and I deserve to be there. Make no mistake: there is not a single thing within us that makes us worthy of anything else but God's eternal wrath and just condemnation. 2. Just because God does not publish the list of the elect does not mean that His choices are "random." You wrote: "If Jesus paid the price, justice is served." Absolutely. So it would be unjust for God to send anyone to hell if Jesus has paid for the sins of all. But we clearly see that many are going there. Is God unjust to send people to hell for sins that His Son has already atoned for? Or, perhaps, maybe Jesus didn't die for the sins of every single human being. You wrote: "If God chose me over someone else to recieve His forgivness and chose that person to suffer in Hell, then that is not justice, that is not love, and it is not mercy." Wrong. God showed love and mercy toward you. God executed justice on Christ instead of you. "That is just not the loving, perfect, loving God I know and worship. That is a hateful, mean tyrant. How can you be loving and merciful and choose that the majority of your creation will suffer torment for ever and ever?" I would highly recommend that you be careful with your wording. If you worship a God that is different than the one revealed in Scripture, that makes you an idolator. If you call the God that is revealed in Scripture a hateful, evil tyrant, that makes you a blasphemer. You have not quoted one shred of Scripture, and yet you declare yourself to be "closed-minded" on the issue. God sending sinners to hell is not cruelty; it is justice (and it is something that we all originally chose -- Ephesians 2:3). God saving me and others is mercy. Please show me Scripture which says that God MUST be merciful to all, or even passages that teach that He IS merciful to all. No one is ENTITLED to mercy, and it is wrong for you to insist that God must give it to any of his wicked, depraved creatures, much less to all of them. --Joe! |