“O the Greatness and the Justice of Our God”
Without the idea of the existence of the attribute justice in the Deity, Joseph Smith declared, “men could not have confidence sufficient to place themselves under his guidance and direction; for they would be filled with fear and doubt lest the judge of all the earth would not do right, and thus fear or doubt, existing in the mind, would preclude the possibility of the exercise of faith in him for life and salvation.” (Lectures on Faith 4:13.) Ours is the God of Jacob, one upon whom we can depend with perfect confidence. The arm of flesh, though often well-intentioned, grows weak under the weight of life’s vicissitudes and is often misdirected. Where man is capricious, God is steadfast; where man is myopic in vision, God sees and knows all. Only when the knowledge is perfect can the justice be perfect.
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