9.3- If there is a loving God in charge of the universe why do the wicked live so long?
9.3-
9 “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.
Small faith in God can cause some amazing things to
happen. Small becomes large. Trees of habit can be uprooted and a new
chain of healthy habits can begin. Boldness
to warn can come. Repentance can come
and forgiveness can happen. Over and
over. This is God’s way. A way of patience.
Isaiah 48.9-11
9 “For the sake of My name I delay My wrath,
And for My praise I restrain it for you,
In order not to cut you off.
10 “Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
11 “For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act;
For how can My name be profaned?
And My glory I will not give to another.
Luke 17.
17 He
said to His disciples, “It is inevitable that [a]stumbling blocks come, but woe to him
through whom they come! 2 It
[b]would be better for him if a millstone were
hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause
one of these little ones to stumble. 3 [c]Be on your guard! If your brother sins,
rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven
times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, ‘I repent,’ [d]forgive him.”
5 The apostles said
to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 And the Lord said, “If you [e]had faith like a mustard seed, you would say
to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and be planted in the sea’; and it would [f]obey you.
2 Peter 3.
9 The Lord is not slow
about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not
wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.
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