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Originally Posted by Melo
I want to read the Bible and see a righteous, loving God. But other times I read it and see only anger, restriction, and jealousy -- a God that I want no part in.
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Melo, that is true....He is both righteous and loving and some of what you are objecting to is a response to His dealing with unrighteousness among men, overthrowing Satan's work, and sin among His people. Judgement begins with His own. He is a God who judges and condemns and yet He is also a God who provides a way out.
If you want no part of in a righteous God then you can have no part in a loving God.
Simply put, it is because He is righteous we have the assurance of our salvation. Through His provision of salvation He has to save us because He is righteous. He is obligated to forgive us when we believe God's Son and apply His shed blood through faith. Of course, we know because He loved the world that He gave us His Son and that by believing we are thereby saved from God's judgement. All men are already condemned and on the broad way to destruction but because He loved us He provides a way out of the path of destruction. The same righteous God that condemned sin, sins, the world, Satan,on the cross is the same righteous God that saves us. God may not like you for whatever reason but He has to save you if you take His provision for salvation... because He is righteous.
If you are a believer, that is if you have accepted the Lord Jesus as your personal Savior and believe with your heart that He was your substitute on the cross, that He bore your sins on the cross, and shed His blood for you, and that God raised Him from the dead, then you are no longer condemned and you have the eternal life of God. Yet, do not allow God's enemy to rob you of experiencing the joy of the Christian life and experiencing a direct and personal relationship with God by stirring up reasonings in your mind.
Drake