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b'\\u201cIf God is loving, why does He deal with sin so harshly?\\u201d It\\u2019s a great\\nquestion. Before we go on, let\\u2019s remember that God is always the same,\\nalways keeps His promises, and is always good, even when we don\\u2019t\\nunderstand (Romans 11:33-35).\\n.\\nJudgement for sin may not seem nice, but it actually shows God\\u2019s love. Sin\\nis going against God\\u2019s good design for life, and going against God\\u2019s plan\\nultimately leads to death.\\n.\\nSince God is completely good and perfect, He must address evil and sin. Our\\nsin breaks our relationship with Him and those around us, but God loves us\\nso much that He made a plan to rescue us from sin. Jesus is fully God, and\\nHe became human and lived among us, eventually dying on the cross for our\\nsins, taking our guilt upon Himself (2 Corinthians 5:21). Through His own\\ndeath and resurrection, Jesus beat sin and death, providing all who trust\\nin Him with forgiveness and the promise of being with Him for eternity\\n(John 3:16). He defeated the power of sin and evil: this is the best news\\never (Luke 2:10)!\\n.\\nGod\\u2019s justice is also good news when we look at a world full of evil and\\nsuffering. Because we know that Jesus is King, we can have peace and\\ncomfort in remembering that evil will not go unaddressed. When Jesus\\nreturns to judge the world and make all things new (free from the effects\\nof sin and death), there will be no more suffering (2 Timothy 4:1;\\nRevelation 21:1-5).\\n.\\nLove without justice is superficial, and justice without love is cruel.\\nGod\\u2019s justice shows that He cares about us and doesn\\u2019t want us to suffer or\\ninflict evil on each other, and His love shows His grace and compassion.\\nWhen we look to the cross, we see how bad sin is. Yet, when we look to the\\ncross, we also see how amazing God\\u2019s love is. \\u2022 Abby Ciona\\n.\\n\\u2022 Read Isaiah 42:1-7. This passage talks about God\\u2019s promised Rescuer:\\nJesus! How does it show that love and justice go together?\\n.\\n\\u2022 Read Proverbs 21:15. How is justice good news for Christians? (Hint: read\\nRomans 3:22 and Ephesians 2:1-5.)\\n.\\nI will sing of your love and justice; to you, Lord, I will sing praise.\\nPsalm 101:1 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nIsa.61.8|Rom.3.22-Rom.3.26|1John.4.7-1John.4.18|Ps.101.1'