Proverbs
16:4,6 – The Lord works out everything to its proper end—even
the wicked for a day of disaster… Through love and faithfulness sin is
atoned for; through the fear of the Lord evil is avoided.
Exodus 9:16 – But I have
raised you up for this
very purpose, that I might show you my power and
that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
Romans 9:22 – What if God,
although choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great
patience the objects of his wrath—prepared for
destruction?
Acts 3:18 – But this is how God fulfilled what
he had foretold through all the prophets, saying
that his Messiah would suffer.
Ezekiel 38:22 – I will execute
judgment on him with plague and bloodshed; I
will pour down torrents of rain, hailstones and
burning sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations
with him.
Romans 2:9-10 – There will be trouble and distress for every human being who
does evil: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile; but glory, honor and peace for everyone who
does good: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.
Application:
- · God is sovereign in every life and in all of history. God displays His power even through the wicked, and all evil will be judged.
- · Paul quotes this verse as an outstanding illustration of the sovereignty of God.
- · No one can call God to account for what He does. But He does not exercise His freedom of choice arbitrarily, and He shows great patience even toward the objects of His wrath. The purpose of such patience is to bring about repentance.
- · The moral quality of conduct that God desires is sometimes summed up as “love and faithfulness”.
- · When God’s people repent of sin and bring their lives into accord with His will, God forgives and withdraws His judgment.
- · Thus it can be said that love and faithfulness, in a manner of speaking, atone for sin, i.e., they turn away God’s wrath against it.
- · With spiritual privilege comes spiritual responsibility.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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