Reconciling the apparent contradiction between God's love and His justice 540 - 6 - 6

The story of Job addresses the question, “How are the goodness and justice of God reconciled with the suffering and pain in the world.

2 Timothy 3:16, “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” So here Paul tells us that Scripture specks to what is right, what is not right, how to get it right and how to stay right.

In the next chapter of 2 Timothy Paul tells us what will happen/ is happening. 2 Timothy 4:3, “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;”

We serve a loving God, however, he is also a righteous God who will not tolerate the presence of sin. Of ourselves we can do nothing to earn our acceptance before God. Jesus was our propitiation and while we are justified before God, we need to set ourselves apart from a sinful world and work on our sanctification.

Most of the televangelists seem to treat God in a casual way; almost as a genie in a bottle. The name it and claim it prosperity televangelists pervert Bible passages to generate income; Malachi 3:10, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.” What many seem to ignore is that while we may have a loving God we also have a righteous God.

The justice of our righteous God often results in judgment. Ultimately, all will be judged; some at the Bema Seat judgment and some of the White throne judgment. Philippians 2:10, "That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;" Those of us who are justified through the blood of Christ will be judged at the Bema seat.

As for those who persecute the followers of Jesus, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9 speaks to their ultimate destination. 2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, “6, Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7, And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8,  In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: 9, Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power.”