Christian Gay confusion over God
Christ the Saviour (Pantokrator), a 6th-century encaustic icon from Saint Catherine's Monastery, Mount Sinai. NB - slightly cut down - for full size see here (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) God ’s love and His holiness are broken out into different aspects in Scripture. Within His love, for example, we can distinguish mercy, forbearance, kindness, and compassion. Within His holiness, we can see righteousness , faithfulness, justice, judgment , and wrath. God’s holy-love is shorthand for His entire character . SOME GROUPS WANT TO SEPARATE GOD What this hyphenated language does is remind us that God’s character is whole. The God who “is love” ( 1 John 4:8 ) is always, everywhere, and at the same time, the God who is a “consuming fire” ( Heb. 12:29 ) and the One who is “light” ( 1 John 1:5 ). When we meet God, we meet Him in the wholeness of His character. His judgment, for example, is always preceded by His patience. It is always shadowed by His mercy. His love, i