Friday, January 18, 2013

No Winking

Because God is all righteous and there is no evil in him, because he is just, he cannot ignore sin. He does not fellowship with unrighteousness, wink at injustice or ignore rebellion (James 1:13-17). Therefore when Adam and Eve disobeyed God, the free communication had to be severed between God and man (Genesis 3:8)

But God loved his creation. Men tend to withdraw their love when they administer judgement, but God is equally loving as he is just. He knew before he created us as sentient beings that we would rebel. This did not stop him from giving us life, nor did he throw up his hands in despair. Instead he took the punishment for sin upon himself so that we could be restored to full fellowship with him.

This is what it means to be reconciled to God (Colossians 1:21-22; 2 Corinthians 5:17, 21).

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