contradictions vs paradoxes 10-26-08

Hey guys its chris so lately. You guys been reading chris and ally devos. So i bet your tired of em. So we decided to get some guest writers and because we are in middleschool we cant give to much details during our devos. So if you guys got those great Bible questions we will start answering em for your devos. Today is a qa type devo so just email us at agcwriters@gmail.com! Ally and me have writers block so as soon as thats done we'll start writing again!! thx guys

special writer: tony chu

Contradictions vs Paradoxes

Read:

Isaiah 47; I John 1:5-10, 4:7-12; John 3:16, 17

God is love. We all know that. John 3:16 says that God loved the world enough that He was willing to send His Son, His ONLY Son, to die for all of us. He says that Christ’s purpose was not to judge and condemn people. However, most people misunderstand or misuse this. They say that, since God is love, why do bad things happen? Truth is, one must look at all the aspects of God. Here are some of them…

God is love. God is peace. God is joy. God is just.

God is pure. God is holy. God is jealous. God is vengeful.

All of these aspects of God are absolutes, meaning that He isn’t a mix of them. Instead, He is 100% of everything. He is absolutely loving, absolutely peaceful, absolutely joyful, and so on. So, basically, one must look at everything. You cannot isolate any one characteristic of God and say that His characteristics don’t make sense.

The Bible contains paradoxes which we may never understand till we meet Him face to face, but never contradictions, because contradictions mean the Bible lies and God lies, both of which are false.