God’s Love, Justice, and Mercy
God's love is manifested in a twofold way, namely, in mercy and justice. We have heard men set justice over against love, making love synonymous with mercy; but love includes justice as well as mercy. Love in the heart and plan of God works for the highest good of His creatures, and this highest good is all comprehended in love. But if justice were ignored in any plan, and mercy alone exercised, it would lead to license and lawlessness and anarchy. And if mercy were ignored, and justice alone exercised, there would be no hope for the sinner. God's infinite love, therefore, includes infinite justice and infinite mercy, so meeting and blending that the beauty of each magnifies the perfection of the other.