Love and Judgment

Where do you stand on God’s Love and His Judgement?

There are essentially two schools of thought in some Christian circles. I believe that these two thoughts operate out of fear. One believes that the Love of God overcomes judgment and the other view believes that because of God’s judgment, He is showing His Love. I think these two views tend to run toward the far end of each spectrum and not consider that God has both of these characteristics in balance through Salvation.

When there are extremes on the Love or the Judgement of God, it can bring division within the body and confusion to the world. The underlying factor of both of these viewpoints and or factions is rooted in fear. We do need the fear of the Lord but not fear that steers us toward extremes.

We can run into the extreme position that if God is a God of Love, then His Love overrides His Judgement. We can also run into the other extreme position, that if God is a God of judgment, He is just, and that is His Love. Both of these statements are true, but what are the motives behind them? Fear can cause these views to be unbalanced. Fear may push one faction to the extreme spectrum that stands on the thought that God is Love and His Love cancels out His judgment. Negating that there is no judgment. And on the other extreme spectrum of thought, fear pushes people to believe that His judgment causes repentance so that God can love them. Thus, negating that God’s loving-kindness leads people into repentance. Both of these nullifies the Passion of Christ and His Salvation.

Both of these viewpoints can have a mixture in it and dilute the Truth of God’s Word. For example, God loves everyone no matter how you do your “Jesus,” God loves everyone, and He doesn’t want anyone to perish…FALSE! What? It’s false?? You even quoted a portion of scripture in here Joy? Do you see the danger?? Mix some good sounding scripture in, and there you go, everyone is saved because God is Love. This discredits Salvation on all levels!

The other example is that you need to complete a list of things to be saved and to be forgiven. God is this dictator in heaven, and if you sneeze wrong, you are going to hell. This view has no room for God’s mercy and loving-kindness. It’s a works doctrine. You can only attain Salvation by doing this, this and that. This view also negates Salvation on all levels.

Therefore, the balanced position would be to know that God is both the God of unconditional Love AND a God of judgment. We must move in the full counsel of His word.

There is no judgment for a born again believer because of the work that Jesus did on the cross and because of His shed blood. That is our justice and judgment! We know that we have been purchased because of a great price, the death of our Savior on a cross. We are eternally grateful for His Love and that He took our judgment and laid it upon Himself. This Love, propels us into loving God with humility and loving others into repentance. It propels us to die to our own flesh and sinful nature and to please God with our lives. We know that without God and without receiving Jesus as Lord and Savior, there is judgment.

God is LOVE, and God is JUDGMENT! For those born again, receiving Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that is their judgment. 

For those who refuse to receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior, that is their judgment.

Love and Judgement are both connected to the shed Blood of Jesus on the cross. It is the Blood of Jesus that justifies us, and we are saved from His wrath and judgment. Because of His great Love for us and because of His rich mercy, He made us alive with Christ Jesus when we were still yet dead in our sins. It is by His unmerited grace that we have been saved! This is the full counsel of God. Salvation is His Love and His Judgement.

With all of this being said, the earth is experiencing judgment from a God of justice and a God of Love. I believe right now that the earth is travailing and is expectantly waiting for the sons/daughters of God to be revealed. In His mercy and by His grace, He is moving in Judgement upon the earth to wake up His church from their slumber. He exposes sin hidden by the enemy and reveals a beautiful hidden mystery, His Bride, His Church. This is all happening at once because He is calling His Bride to labor with Him and usher in the greatest harvest of souls that the world has ever seen. God is revealing His “Burning Ones,” those who are baptized and are on fire in the Holy Spirit! They are being refined by the Refiner’s fire. God is in the process of purifying and sanctifying His Bride. This is done by washing their robes in the Blood of the Lamb to become white as snow. 

God is also looking for a harvest throughout the earth. He is calling out to those who do not yet know Him. God is calling them to repentance and Salvation. This is His Love! 

God is pouring His Spirit out on all flesh. This is the Holy Spirit’s finest hour. Alleluia!

John 3:16 ‘For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish but have everlasting life.’

Beautiful ones, I’m writing this to encourage you to move in the full counsel of God and in the power of the Holy Spirit. Let us not get caught in any extremes but to be leaders in the full counsel of God’s word and by the full measure of His Holy Spirit.

Wake up o’sleeper. Come into your inheritance! There is a harvest of souls yet to harvest. The fields are ready for harvest!

Position yourself. Surrender yourself to the Refiner’s Fire. Come into the full counsel of God. Keep your eyes locked on His. No more extremes! No more mixture! You were born for such a time as this!

Speak the truth in Love! Move in compassion, laying down the plumb lines and standards as you go. God is moving in Love and in judgment as we approach His soon return. Look to Him, listen to Him and thank Him for His Salvation. Ask Him to show you ways that you can bring His full counsel and the full measure of His Holy Spirit to those who are perishing.

Be blessed!

Joy Pharo

Sanctioned Love