The Full Picture: God's Justice and Grace

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart.  So the LORD said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast, creeping thing and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them.” But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.  Genesis 6:6-8

Judgment is coming.

In the days of Noah, men and women lived so immorally that the Lord was sorry that He had made them. God sees all and knows all. He must have seen terrible things and heard awful cries. He is just and righteous. He judged men in the days of Noah and brought a massive flood to the earth to bring justice.

God is loving. Yet, He is just. He is a God of great and awesome power. He will cause justice to exist on the face of the earth just as a judge would sentence a criminal in order to save those who that criminal has harmed. God is a warrior and a judge and will set things right.

Noah stood before God, and found grace. I want to be on the side of grace.

One day, you and I will stand before Him.  If you don’t have Jesus as your Savior then you will be judged and sentenced to eternal death and separation from God. You might say, “I think I am pretty good. I think I can make it to heaven on my own merit.” Unfortunately, this is not a good choice. No one is perfect.

“For there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,“  ~ Romans 3:22b-23

One day, we will see Him.  The popular worship song by Mercy Me, “I Can Only Imagine” goes through a variety of scenarios describing our response to seeing God for the first time. I am sorry to ruin the song, but I don’t have to imagine what I will do. I know exactly what I will do. I will fall on my face because I will not be able to stand. God is that glorious. We cannot see Him in the flesh and live. You can no more stand in the glory of God than you can stand 1000 miles of the glory of the Sun.

I do not want to follow a God of my imagination.  I want to follow the true, loving, yet terrifyingly glorious God of the Bible.

If we fully grasp the fear of the Lord maybe our lives would change. If we are living in condemnation, receive Jesus as your Savior. Remember John 3:16

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

This is the full picture. If you give into His love, then you will not perish.

Fall at the mercy of the Almighty God. He will give grace, just as he bestowed grace on Noah. If you do not seek Christ, judgment is coming.

Live on the side of grace.

Blessings,

Robert