Hi Family,
I was told recently that we are supposed to portray God always in a good light.
If God brings light; yet He biblically brings destruction also... is it also fair to say He is a god of justice?
Light...provided us Jesus and salvation.
Justice: Sodom and Ghmorrah; the Red Sea; Noah and the flood...etc
Isaiah says 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil; I, the Lord, do all these things.
So do we ALWAYS have to portray Him in a good light or can we also tell it like it is as He is also the god of Justice?
~Natsumi Lam~
The Word For evil here is:
7451. ra'
adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, displeasure, distress
From
ra'a'; bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral) -- adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. Feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
see HEBREW
ra'a'
Its usage in Isaiah 45:7 is:
rā‘;
רָ֑ע
calamity
Adj‑ms
As to your question, we should not portray him as anything other than what the bible describes him to be. A loving and caring God who would literally become flesh and die for us so that we may have the opportunity to be saved through him. And also as a jealous and vengeful God who exacts justice upon those who do wickedly in his sight. He is loving, and he is vengeful. Every aspect/characteristic of the Lord should be spoken of by the Children of God without neglecting anything.