God is Good

Is God good?

What is His true nature?

Jesus said in John 14:9 -
"Jesus answered: "Don't you know Me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Show us the Father?"

Jesus is saying then that He and the Father are the same. So let's take a look at the persona of Jesus ...

"Take my yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls." Matthew 11:29

We now know that the Father is the same...gentle and humble in heart.

What about the God that we read about, who threw Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden, and later in the Bible rained down judgement upon Sodom and Gommorah? Where was His gentleness then?

Let's look at one other scenario in which Jesus shows another facet of His persona..

"On reaching Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple area and began driving out those who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves, and would not allow anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts." Mark 11:15,16

Jesus...gentle and humble in heart, now shows another side...righteous anger at people who are mocking the sanctity of His Father's house.

We can surmise then that the Father, like His Son, feels righteous anger when the laws of the universe, created for the goodness of all, are mocked.

When man originally sinned in the Garden of Eden, he turned his back on his Creator, and everything he had given him, and broke the laws that were originally meant to give him life. He was now dead spiritually. He had created a wide chasm between them...separation from his loving Father.

Then God, gentle and humble in heart, created a plan. This plan would be the only legal way, without breaking the laws of His universe, that He could bring man back to Himself. It was a plan that would cause Him grief, as He would see His only Son suffer unimaginable torture, pain, and death. Jesus would pay the price for man's sins, and man would have another chance to come back to the loving Father.

The price has now been paid. Jesus paid it all in full. But man must still accept the gift that God has given him...the chance to be restored.

Would a gentle and humble God send man to hell, if he doesn't accept this gift?

No. His nature is gentleness. He will not send man to hell.

God has paved the pathway for man to return...but man must choose to walk that path. To choose otherwise, is to choose to continue in spiritual death. God will not send man to hell...but man will send himself, by again turning his back on his God and His precious gift.

God is good.

Accept His gift today. He's waiting for you...

until He comes,
marcy