I appreciate your reply, SemperReformanda.

I would answer my own question by saying that love is the standard by which righteousness is measured. In other words, that which is in accord with love, is that which is righteous. If we love God and love our neighbor as ourselves then we naturally fulfill the just requirements of the law and do what is right.

Would you agree with that?

My question would then be, does this same principle apply to God? If God always acts in accord with love, then is that why He is righteous in all that He does? If God is love, the very personification of Love, then can He act in a way which is not in accord with love? I don't think so. And this, I believe, is why all that He does is righteous.

Anybody agree or disagree with this?

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