Is God Only Love?
May 14, 2009
by John Imler John is an RVchurchesUSA Ambassor and author of It’s Never Too LateThere can be no doubt that from Genesis to Revelation the Bible is a record of God’s unfathomable love for all mankind. The story is culminated with Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, coming to earth in the form of man to suffer and die on the cross as the perfect sacrifice for every man’s sin.
It is right for us to emphasize God’s love, for it is that characteristic that Jesus demonstrated during His journey on earth. However, there are other characteristics of God portrayed in the Bible that must not be overlooked.
God is a just God (Daniel 4:37). He is jealous (Exodus 34:14). He is righteous (Psalms 119:137). He is holy Habakkuk 1:13) to name just a few. Because He is both righteous and holy, even though He loves all mankind, He hates their sins. The Bible says, “the wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). Jesus spoke about that death as “eternal punishment” in Matthew 25:41-46.
Yes, God is love and He has provided a way for each of us to escape that eternal punishment by accepting Jesus as our Savior. However, if we fail to do that, there is a day of judgment coming.
I am so grateful for God’s love. I am just as grateful that He is also holy and just and that He will judge all mankind. While I would not be presumptuous, it is comforting to me to believe that Abraham Lincoln and Adolph Hitler will not receive the same judgment. I might add that this belief also convinces me of the fact that there is a God and that there is life after death. Something within me cries for God’s to judge each man according to his deeds. If there were neither God nor life after death, then there is no justice.
John welcomes your comments either below or email him directly at john@faithrescued.com
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Dear Brother in Christ
Greetings from Pakistan.
I am from Pakistan. I have studied your web site, and I found it the most wonderful site to get right to the True Word of God. I found that all your material is full of knowledge concerning development of religious faith. Living in Pakistan we Christians is to face many obstacles to get the access to the word of God. Most of the people in Pakistan are not capable to understand the English language and they are hungry of the God’s words. It’s because our national language is Urdu.
My suggestion for you is to create your material in my language of Urdu and Punjabi also. It will bring lots of blessings of the Word of God for the Pakistani and Indian Urdu and Punjabi speaking people. For that purpose I as a translator will bring your material into Urdu languages and into Punjabi language as well. Although it will take your low expenses as well, as fund for the Word of God to reach out to the deserving people. As a translator I will take the expenses that will be spending just for the Word.
In Christ,
Mehwish
Mehwish
Thanks for your comments regarding John’s article above.
They have been forwarded to John and he has responded directly to you via the email address you provided.
We are excited that you and others, located in countries around the world, have found substance and the truth of God’s Word within the articles published here on RVchurchesUSA on behalf of our authors.
May God use you to reach others for the Kingdom there in Pakistan.
Blessings
Duane Careb
President – RVchurchesUSA