No ‘Cherry Picking’ Church

“…He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish,

but everyone to come to repentance.”

II Peter 3:9b

The “whole counsel of God” requires that I not pick and choose

selected parts of God’s word to obey.

Some might say, I can’t “cherry pick” what I want from the Bible.

So often we hear of people angry with God because all they hear of Him is justice.

 Others have lost any fear of God because they perceive Him only to be love in the way they choose to define that word.

 Certainly, if He is love, He can’t judge can He?

 I appreciate the portion of scripture above because in a mere sixteen words it captures so much of the heart of God and the plan of God for man.

You see; God does love us.

His love is patient.

It is not His will for anyone to perish.

He waits for us to repent.

But without repentance there will be judgment.

We need to be students of His word; knowing what it says about Him and about us.  

As we do that, it helps us move from “cherry picking”

to receiving the whole counsel of God.

God’s not coming back for a “cherry picking church”

but for a bride who has made herself ready!