What is God's attitude toward people?
God's attitude toward people is one of total love, mercy, and grace. He is not waiting for frail humans to goof up so He can zap them. Scripture illustrates this in John 11 with Lazarus: Jesus wept, and the Jews said, "Look how He loved them." It is how much He loved us, not how much we love Him.
Les explains that God's attitude is not the harsh posture many imagine—that He is just waiting for some frail human being to goof up so He can zap them. Instead, God's attitude is total love, mercy, and grace. Les points to John 11 and Lazarus: the chapter stresses not how much Mary and Martha loved Jesus but how much He loved them. When Jesus wept, the Jews said, "Look how He loved them." Les says we must constantly remember it is not how much we love Him, but how much He loved us, saved us, and kept us. Paul, with that in view, says he does not frustrate the grace of God, though not many understand God's grace. The Corinthians were carnal, fleshly, and had many problems, yet Paul still wrote to them.