[stfassisi]

Divine love is a continuing realization of the creative potential of God, an endless revelation of the Divinity in His creative act. Divine love lies at the foundation of the universe, it governs the world, and it will lead the world to that glorious outcome when the latter will be entirely ‘consumed’ by the Godhead

[stfassisi]

Thus, Isaac claims, one should not interpret literally those Old Testament texts where the terms wrath, anger, hatred and others are used of the Creator. If such anthropomorphic terms occur in Scripture, they are used in a figurative sense, for God never does anything out of wrath, anger or hatred: everything of that sort is far removed from His Nature. We should not read everything literally as it is written, but rather see within the bodily exterior of the Old Testament narratives the hidden providence and eternal knowledge of God.[25] ‘Fear God out of love for Him, and not for the reputation of austerity that has been attributed to Him’

[Kolokotronis]

Orthodox/Latin Lenten ping.

“Mercy is opposed to justice. Justice is equality of the even scale, for it gives to each as he deserves... Mercy, on the other hand, is a sorrow and pity stirred up by goodness, and it compassionately inclines a man in the direction of all; it does not requite a man who is deserving of evil, and to him who is deserving of good it gives a double portion. If, therefore, it is evident that mercy belongs to the portion of righteousness, then justice belongs to the portion of wickedness. As grass and fire cannot coexist in one place, so justice and mercy cannot abide in one soul. As a grain of sand cannot counterbalance a great quantity of gold, so in comparison God’s use of justice cannot counterbalance His mercy. As a handful of sand thrown into the great sea, so are the sins of the flesh in comparison with the mind of God. And just as a strongly flowing spring is not obscured by a handful of dust, so the mercy of the Creator is not stemmed by the vices of His creatures.”

[bigheadfred]

I have been thinking about this very thing all day long.

Thanks for posting.

[Bed_Zeppelin]

“Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed”—Psalm 85:10

[Aleya2Fairlie]

Satan was the first liar. He told Adam and Eve that they “would NOT surely die” if they disobeyed God Almighty.

He’s still propogating the same lie in a million different ways to trap the unwary and the simple.

Our only hope of salvation is Jesus Christ and belief in his sacrifice on our behalf. Anyone who doesn’t have that is doomed to be cast into Hell. The one and only reason that time hasn’t ended before now is that God is giving every human being(of whom He has foreknowledge) the chance to hear and heed the Gospel of Jesus Christ. When that is done, God’s WRATH will indeed come for those who have held His Son of no account.

[D-fendr]

Thanks for the post and ping.

"Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love."
1 John 4:7-8

[Cronos]

Interesting, I did not know about this Saint until you posted it. It seems that he was born in Qatar or Bahrain

[Cronos]

http://www.isaacthesyrian.com/quotes.html

[Keme]

My favorite quote from St. Issac the Syrian:

Do not ever say that God is just. Because if He were just, you would be in hell. Only reckon on His injustice, which is mercy, love, and forgiveness,”