Matthew 20:15 KJV
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
It is the sinful nature of man to believe we have the power to know what is good and what is evil. And many often call good evil and evil good. So we come to the basic principle that God's ways and thoughts are higher than ours. I have met many who presume to judge God because He has done good to someone they don't believe deserves it. He is a just God. But He is also a good God. He has reconciled the two through the death of His own Son. In a transaction we can never completely comprehend, but only come to accept through the history of sacrifices by the Jews, God laid on Christ all of the sins of man and His (lest I say our) justice was satisfied. Having satisfied the debt of sin through Christ God is free to do good and forgive any who will seek it.
The one who chooses will never see the fairness of that transaction but will only argue in the flesh that it is unfair, or it is gruesome or whatever other objection they might have.
The fact is, God's goodness extends to any who will receive it. Those who can't accept that are - well - free to refuse it.
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
It is the sinful nature of man to believe we have the power to know what is good and what is evil. And many often call good evil and evil good. So we come to the basic principle that God's ways and thoughts are higher than ours. I have met many who presume to judge God because He has done good to someone they don't believe deserves it. He is a just God. But He is also a good God. He has reconciled the two through the death of His own Son. In a transaction we can never completely comprehend, but only come to accept through the history of sacrifices by the Jews, God laid on Christ all of the sins of man and His (lest I say our) justice was satisfied. Having satisfied the debt of sin through Christ God is free to do good and forgive any who will seek it.
The one who chooses will never see the fairness of that transaction but will only argue in the flesh that it is unfair, or it is gruesome or whatever other objection they might have.
The fact is, God's goodness extends to any who will receive it. Those who can't accept that are - well - free to refuse it.
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