Love has a lot to do with why God created us in the first place
Creating something with free will and the risk of rejection is the only way to have real love
God is just
Our rebellion is no surprise either, God is prepared to lose us if that’s what we choose (back to free will, no love without free will, justice and love cannot exist without the other)
God is Eternal
Sees our emergencies like a father sees a 2-yr-old with a scraped knee
Never caught off-guard, Knows all because he Created it all,
knows how we work
Knows what we need to fulfill His purpose for us
Creator, owner of everything
Host, president, supreme leader
Probably sees our “laying claim to his possessions” as cute like a father watching a child ignorantly laying claim to a chair as “his”.
Like a good father, God is a Relentless Teacher
Every moment is teachable
God is intentional, never a pointless moment or action for God
“Be still and know that I am God” - Jeff in hospital, ready to freak out
“Works together for the good” – Good as in preparing us for eternity
Has a purpose for us on this earth
Use the free will he gave us to 1) choose to love Him and 2) help others to do the same. Meanwhile, He is continually saving and sanctifying his creation
God’s eternal perspective on our temporal emergencies