Matthew 18.8 commands if your hand or your foot causes you to sin cut it off and throw it away. God takes sin quite seriously but we have come to believe that He does not.

We have marketed God’s love so much that we have forgotten that God is holy.

We have so distorted the truth of what love is that we have come to believe it means overlooking all the evil a person has ever done and never holding them accountable for their behavior.This is not true nor has God ever acted in such a manner.

God is love but He removed Adam from his perfect dwelling place because of his rebellion.

God is love but He destroyed the entire world by flood except one family because all humanity was engaged in evil.

God is love but He removed His people from their Promised Land because they failed to honor God as Lord.

God is love but He crucified His perfect Son so He could exchange His righteousness for humanity’s evil.

Indeed God is love as He continues to do us good despite our propensity to ignore and disobey Him.

God is love as He has provided heaven and eventually a new earth so no one has to die forever. God is love and so He offers everyone a pardon for their evil but we must receive His pardon or face His holiness.

God is holy so He will punish all evil.

God is holy so He will hold accountable every person from all time for every word spoken and every deed done.

God is holy so He will reward people for that which glorified Him and punish people for that which dishonored Him.

The cross should be evidence enough that God is holy and takes sin quite seriously.

The resurrection should be evidence enough that God is love and takes hope for humanity quite seriously.

Whether we face God’s love or God’s holiness is dependent upon our choice to continue to ignore Him or to surrender ourselves before Him and follow Jesus.