6. How does our Father in heaven treat all people whether evil or good? Matthew 5:45.
NOTE: ‘God pours His blessings upon all. “He maketh His sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.” He is “kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.” Luke 6:35. He bids us to be like Him. “Bless them that curse you,” said Jesus; “do good to them that hate you, ... that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.” These are the principles of the law, and they are the wellsprings of life.’ Desire of Ages, page 311.
7. How then must we behave if we are truly to be children of our heavenly Father? Matthew 5:44. Compare Luke 6:27-31; Romans 12:14.
NOTE: ‘God dispenses the favours of His Providence impartially on the good and the bad. Blasphemers, as well as those who praise, are the objects of God’s kind of care. If we would be His children, we must do likewise. It is not in accordance with human nature so to do. This can be done only when we are fully imbued with the Spirit of Him who on the cross prayed for His relentless persecutors, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.”’ E. J. Waggoner: Signs of the Times, November 25, 1886.