What God Has Done
"'With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,' says the Lord, your Redeemer.” — Isaiah 54:8
If God is all-powerful and all-loving, it would seem inconsistent with His nature to allow anyone to be lost. We rationalize because we don't understand the nature of God. God can't go against His own laws and His own nature. Because God is holy, He can't tolerate sin in His presence. He created us free to choose how we would live. He invites us to come His way, but leaves us free to pursue our own ends with tragic, natural consequences. Some say, “Surely a loving God wouldn't allow a person He loves to be lost.” Far from allowing it, God has done everything He can to prevent it. John 3:16 says, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son……” That’s good news! Because of what God has done for us, we need not be lost. All we must do is surrender ourselves to Him.
