Just, Fair, Love....

...well my mind has been turning ever since I posted that last entry... knowing that I had more to say but not sure how to say it.....

... there is still more trapped in my head wanting to get out.....

I asked a friend yesterday morning when he was here to fix our heater (convenient that he is also a pastor).. the questions she had asked me.. and we discussed it.. 

Since then I have thought some more...  and I have come up with several things that these questions encompass....

First, the question of justice... is God just?? .. and the answer is "yes".. he is perfect justice because he cannot be unfair, or unjust..it is not in his character.. HE is Perfect..and therefore completely just....we tend to think of justice as "getting what you deserve".. in which case we would all be dead.. because none of us has lived up to His perfect standard..except for his precious Son... through whom we are justified ..through his precious blood.
God allowed the little girl to die...yes...but if you read the story today...another life was saved because of it...  so in some way that little girl will live on...Glory to God

Second, the question of fairness, is God Fair??...the answer is of course "yes" again..... see He doesn't view sin on a scale like we tend to do..he looks at it as just what it is... "anything that goes against His perfect law"....there are no gray areas for him. It is all black & white.....
we tend to say that murder is more sinful than say lying to a friend... God doesn't... he see's both as "sin" plain & simple.....and how can he do such a thing ..easy.. HE is the one who created the law.. not as a way to "catch" us doing things wrong.. but to give us guideline's to go by....and we will NEVER be able to keep them by ourselves.. we NEED him..and YES that is fairness...why?? Because HE loves us SSOOO much that he made sure to give us a way to get there..again that answer is His Son.. through who's blood He see's us without those nasty sinful blemishes.. which His fairness would require Him to destroy....


Third, the question of love.. is God love...????? If he is, how could he condemn those people to death...be it the innocent people in the shooting, the two gay people who want to marry, or anyone who is "decent" ..... The answer if of course AGAIN...a resounding "YES,YES, YES"


How do I know this? ...because His word proclaims it over and over again...


*John 3:16...-For God SO LOVED THE WORLD........etc.
*2 Thess. 2:16 -May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,.. 
*1 John 4:7 -Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
* Galatians 5:20-I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.

* Ephesians  5:2 -and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Love is the ultimate sacrifice... wanting whats best for the other even if it means we are sacrificing ourselves in the process.....
God couldn't have loved us anymore than he did.. he sacrificed HIS OWN SON... in order to save all of us...because of that love... and HE wants to spend eternity with us... but he also loves us enough to let us choose...He wants us to choose Him.....he doesn't force us to love Him...

He loves US...but HATES our sin...and ever since the beginning.. when Adam and Eve CHOSE to disobey..we have been in "mortal" battle with it... the only way to win is to accept that gift of LOVE from Him.... in fact, to CHOOSE Him... first because we know we need a Savior, then because we want to follow Him and not the SIN we were born into...


for now I'll leave you with these things to "chew on"......