Or
do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience,
not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?
But
because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for
yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,
who will render to each person according to His deeds: to those who by perseverance in doing good
seek for glory, and honor and immortality, eternal life; but to those who are
selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath
and indignation.
Romans
2:4-8
The
righteousness and justice of God means that He treats His creation with
fairness. He rewards those who follow
Him and obey His commandments, and provides a means for salvation to all human
beings through acceptance of His Son, Jesus, as their Lord, Master and
Savior. God being righteous and just
gave His Son, Jesus, as the final sacrifice for man’s sin, and the triumph of
good over evil. The free gift of God is
salvation through Jesus.
On
the flip side, because God is righteous and just, He makes no bones about
punishing evil. This punishment extends
beyond any punishment which man may inflict on man, to eternity – in that there
is no place in heaven for those who refuse God’s call to redemption.
The
ultimate testimony to the righteousness and justice of God
is
His open invitation to all humanity to come to Him.
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