John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.

Sometimes it seems like we are taught that God sits up in heaven with some kind of huge bug zapper waiting for us to make a wrong move.

Zap! (They shouldn’t have done that).

Zap! (He shouldn’t have thought that).

Zap! (She shouldn’t have been there).

Don’t take this wrong.  There is truly a time of judgment and there is a reckoning (both on earth and beyond).  However, God’s desire is that none perish!  This is the very reason Jesus came to earth.

As Christians, we should be Christ-like as much as possible.  The Bible tells us that we should have indignation with sin.  We should have an earnest concern and readiness to see justice done. (See 1 Corinthians 7:11).  We also must note that Jesus said the weightier matters of the law are justice, mercy, and faith.  Where darkness abounds, grace abounds much more.  If these are the ideals of Jesus, as Christians should they not also be ours?