laws of god was re a kind and loving god in article apr sei cmu edu dpw sei cmu edu david wood writes mlee ra royalroads ca malcolm lee writes these laws written for the israelites god s chosen people whom god had expressly set apart from the rest of the world the israelites were a direct witness to god s existence to disobey god after knowing that god is real would be an outright denial of god and therefore immediately punishable remember these laws were written for a different time and applied only to god s chosen people but jesus has changed all of that we are living in the age of grace sin is no longer immediately punishable by death there is repentance and there is salvation through our lord jesus christ and not just for a few chosen people salvation is available to everyone jew and gentile alike sorry if this is late for the thread but i thought god was supposed to be constant and never changing how do you reconcile this common christian view with the paragraph above god never changes he still loves us sending jesus was one of his attempts to reconcile with mankind the nature of god has not changed also while we re at it how do you reconcile a kind and loving god with the judeo christian view that sin was at one time immediately punishable by death was killing people for sinning god s way of showing kindness and love sinning in the face of god was punishable by immediate death there are several ot passages to back this up god is god he cannot tolerate the prescence of sin in his midst and the israelites knew this and still some of them chose to disobey and were destroyed were these people kind and loving themselves god gave them every break he could but in the end he really had no choice in the matter seeing as how we were failing to achieve salvation on our own he sent his son to die for us to be the ultimate sin offering now we live in the age of grace is the fact the he no longer does this an admission on his part of having made a mistake he sent his son as a consolation to us out of love now that we are living in the age of grace does this mean that for our sins god now damns us to eternal hell after we die rather than killing us immediately if so is this eternal damnation an example of a kind and loving god hey let s be fair for a moment here kind and loving does not mean a free ride there is an amount of give and take as in any relationship parents are supposed to be kind and loving but does that mean that children can do whatever they want not part of being a parent means administering punishment when the child is at fault part of being a parent means giving instruction god tests us through the trial of life such that we may grow stronger he teaches what is right and what is wrong the consequences of our actions are made clear to us be it heaven or be it hell if god did not follow through with what he has warned us about he would not be a very good parent in parenting if a parent issues a warning but does not follow through with it the children will not take that parent s words very seriously god does the same by telling us who have ears to hear what to do and what not to do by life s trials we see the folly of doing our own will rather than his he warns us about the consequences of rejecting him when it comes time for judgement do we follow him i will peace be with you malcolm lee just curious dave wood
