Is God a Liar?

예레미야(Jer) 4장

10. 내가 이르되 슬프도소이다 주 여호와여 주께서 진실로 이 백성과 예루살렘을 크게 속이셨나이다 이르시기를 너희에게 평강이 있으리라 하시더니 칼이 생명에 이르렀나이다

10. Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign LORD! How completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’ when the sword is at our throats!”

14. 예루살렘아 네 마음의 악을 씻어 버리라 그리하면 구원을 얻으리라 네 악한 생각이 네 속에 얼마나 오래 머물겠느냐

14. Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

God surely seems to want me to have peace and He has also given it to me. He might want to give peace to all human mankind. However, He oftentimes seems to pour us with disaster-like judgements. Then, we could say like this: God has deceived me, saying "Peace on me!"

Is it true and does it make senses? I mean, could the righteous God be a liar or destroyer as well? No, not all all. I think that He only wants us to wash the evil and wicked thoughts from our hearts and be saved from His judgements, because He should keep balanced with mercy and  justice at the same time. Mercy, though, comes first, and judgements comes later, or sooner.

We often think of His love and mercy, but not of His punishment and never think of how bitter it would be, either.

We often think of His love and mercy, but not of His punishment, and we tend to not think of how bitter it would be, either.