I was reading some of the work of Cyprian, a third-century bishop and martyr, "If he crowns the faith that has conquered, he must punish the treachery that has been conquered.*" We wish sometimes this wasn't the case and that God/Jesus would reward those who are good and overlook those who aren't but justice doesn't work that way. You can't truly be just if you only deal with one side of the equation. To be truly just God has to both reward and punish. The beauty of God is that he has given us a way to accept the work of Christ so that we don't have to face His eternal justice as Christ has already taken it.
*Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, edited by A.A. Just Jr., Intervarsity Press 2003
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