Question
God doesn’t dwell with sinners, but Jesus the Son of God came & dwelt among the people in the flesh?
Answer:
God is “holy, holy, holy”(Revelation 4:8), absolute in holiness, i.e., separation from sin. He cannot be tempted to sin (James 1:13). He is “of purer eyes than to behold evil, And cannot look on wickedness” (Habakkuk 1:13). He cannot fellowship (share) in sin nor sinners in their sin (1 John 1:5-6).
Jesus, even when He walked upon earth, was and is “the Christ, the Son of God” (John 20:31) and “my Lord and my God”(John 20:28). But Jesus not only walked among sinners, He sought out sinners (Luke 15:2).
But Jesus is not only God. When He came to earth He “became flesh” (John 1:1-3,14). He became a man (1 Timothy 2:5), the Son of man (Hebrews 2:6-9). He came to the earth as a man in order to seek and to save lost sinners (Luke 19:10).
When the Pharisees and scribes complained that Jesus “receives sinners and eats with them,” He related three parables to illustrate the attitude of God toward sinners: The Lost Sheep (Luke 15:3-7), The Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10), and The Lost Son (Luke 15:11-32). Each has the same primary point – “there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine just persons who need no repentance” (Luke 15:7).
God is “holy, holy, holy.” But He is also love (1 John 4:8,16). “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
