How can you love a God who kills people?
On its face, it's an unsettling question. But as we finish our walk through the account of Noah's Ark, you can clearly see a God of patience and love.
How Much Time Do You Need?
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit shall not abide in man forever...his days shall be 120 years." Genesis 6:3
Do you realize how long it took for Noah to build the Ark? God certainly could have built the Ark for Noah, but there was a purpose in the delay.
2 Peter 2:5 tells us that Noah was a "preacher of righteousness". Noah didn't just take time to build the Ark, but to explain the sin that made it necessary. God didn't waylay an unsuspecting populace.
God gave Noah the message.
Noah shared the message.
The people of the earth rejected the message.
Why You Gotta Get So Mad?
"God is a righteous judge..." Psalm 7:11
Simple question for you: "What is sin?" Simply put, sin is anytime we do the opposite of what God has commanded us to do. God is righteous in everything He does, and that includes judging sin.
Sin is destructive, and a loving God doesn't allow destructive behavior to go unchecked in those He loves. The sad reality is that an unchecked humanity was only going to get worse (see ISRAEL, KINGDOM OF).
So remember:
God desires for all to join Him in Heaven (2 Peter 3:9)
God doesn't force anyone to love him (Matthew 3:2)
God will always judge sin. (Ecclesiastes 12:14)
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