[Songs in the Night - July 30]
Who is a God like unto thee, that...retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in mercy. Micah 7:18
THE heathen Gods are all vengeful.
The God of
the Bible alone lays claim to being a God of love
"whose mercy endureth forever," as one of the Psalms
repeats again and again.
Alas, how terribly our God
of wisdom, justice, love, and power has been misrepresented
to the world, and to the church, as a God delighting
in the eternal torture of the vast majority of
his creatures; for if such were his provision for them,
and he knew the end from the beginning, it would
surely prove that he delighted in, and intended their
torture.
But when our eyes open to a proper interpretation
of God's Word, his character becomes glorious
before our eyes and commands our love and our
devotion!
As the apostle declares, it is the divine love
which constrains us to be faithful and obedient. Z'11-378 R4892:3 (Hymn 296)