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So you are just making Him like a pretty good guy.
You don't understand the law and it's purpose, look at these verses.
There are a few points to be made here. Firstly, we need to know that sin damages, and can even destroy our relationship with God. In Holy Scripture we are even told straight up that the wages of sin are death. Death of our relation with God is death of our souls, and therefore hell, (eternal separation from God). There ARE sins which are more grave than others, and God DOES "Grade on the curve" so to speak. There is sin which is fatal to the relationship between God and man, and this is called mortal sin. These sins inflict a mortal wound to our relation with God because we have specifically chosen to perform a sin of very grave matter, and with full knowledge of it's depth of severity, have gone on to do the sin anyway. But even mortal sin can be forgiven if that forgiveness is asked for with a fully contrite heart, and there is an honest repentance, that is a turning away from the sin, and an acceptance of the consequences in temporal punishment. For instance, while in prison for intentionally murdering someone, you find that you are sorrowful and contrite. You turn to God and ask his forgiveness. You are forgiven. But this doesn't change the fact that you must spend the rest of your life in prison, or possibly even be executed by the State. What it DOES mean, is that when all temporal punishment is done, then you will be in Heaven. But why punishment at all? Punishment is the right result of the natural law written on our heats by God in the concept of justice. In a perfect world, it would be accepted with grace and gratitude because it is reparation for our sin, and enhances our acceptance, (if taken with a contrite and sorrowful heart), of what is due in the scale which it is deserved. (i.e. probation for petty theft, and execution for 1st degree murder). There are various gradations in the civil system which correspond to God's law written on our hearts. Justice should not be confused with vengeance. Vengeance when issued or done by man is a violation of what is in God's domain, and therefore a sin in and of itself. People who are revenge seeking in their hearts, particularly when dispatching justice due to the nature of the crime committed, or the stain of that sin, are in active hatred. Hatred, Jesus tells us, is commensurate with murder. Whole books can and have been written on this subject. This is as brief as I can get it. I hope you get some more concise responses.
God can grade however he pleases to grade.
No, I am observing a law that comes from the heart of who God is. The standard comes from Him.
Reading some of your other posts I think you know the answer, but I'll bite.
