The balance of Gods love in view of His hatred for sin, as expressed by John MacArthur: Liberal thinking about Gods love also permeates much of evangelicalism today. We have lost the reality of Gods wrath. We have disregarded His hatred for sin. The God most evangelicals now describe is all-loving and not at all angry. We have forgotten that It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God (Hebrews 10:31). We do not believe in that kind of God anymore. We must recapture some of the holy terror that comes with a right understanding of Gods righteous anger. We need to remember that Gods wrath does burn against impenitent sinners (Psalm 38:1-3). That reality is the very thing that makes His love so amazing. Only those who see themselves as sinners in the hands of an angry God can fully appreciate the magnitude and wonder of His love. In that regard, our generation is surely at a greater disadvantage than any previous age. We have been force-fed the doctrines of self-esteem for so long that most people dont really view themselves as sinners worthy of divine wrath. On top of that, religious liberalism, humanism, evangelical compromise, and ignorance of the Scriptures have all worked against a right understanding of who God is. Ironically, in an age that conceives of God as wholly loving, altogether devoid of wrath, few people really understand what Gods love is all about.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 07:27:51 +0000
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