I latterly heard this pop view: "There are consequences for sin, but God is loving in addition to then He never punishes anyone."
It's truthful in that place are consequences for sin. But God determines those consequences in addition to they vary according to a man's motives, opportunities, in addition to influence (Luke 12:47-48).*
Some people prefer to differentiate betwixt the words punish in addition to discipline because in that place is no eternal penalty for believers. That's a wonderful truth!
However, the Bible warns believers of earthly penalty equally good equally earthly discipline.
For thousands of years, Christians never doubted this aspect of God's character. But modern civilization defines dearest equally unconditional tolerance in addition to acceptance, in addition to Christians possess got come upwards to believe that God non alone forgives their sins, He too overlooks their sins. Not true.
God is incredibly patient in addition to merciful, non punishing us to the extent nosotros deserve (Psalm 103:8-14), but He nonetheless "disciplines those he loves, in addition to he punishes each i he accepts equally his child" (Hebrews 12:6).
The enquiry nosotros each must response is this: Do nosotros trust our loving God to know what's best for us (Revelation 3:19)?
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* But nosotros must survive real careful non to assign blame when a somebody is going through hardship unless the hardship is a straight final result of an obvious sin. See No Karma in addition to What Did They Do to Deserve This?
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