God’s Longsuffering has an End
Psalm 5:1-12
by Cooper Abrams
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Introduction: Introduction: I do not know anyone including myself that really enjoys hearing about the judgment of the Lord. We all I think understand the rapture is near which will enter in the end times and the seven years of the terrible Tribulation.
It will be a time according to Gods word of worldwide hardships, disasters, famine, war, pain, and suffering such as the world has never seen. It will the time when God pours out His wrath and judgment on Satan the Anti-Christ, the False prophet and the rebellious world who them and hates God. God will purge the world of sinners it is not a pretty picture and when we read of this time in the Bible, the Christian should shudder at what he knows is coming.
We know that Luke 16:20-31 Jesus Himself told the unbelieving rich Jew who died denying the Lord and he woke up in the files of hell being in torment.
In Revelation 20:11-15 God tells of the coming Great White Throne Judgment in which Christ will sit in judgment of all men who died rejecting God. Rich and poor, great and small, all stand and are judged account to their sins and they all because they would not believe and accept Gods mercy and grace will be cast in the Lake of Fire that burns for eternity.<\/P>
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1. The Bible speak emphatically about the fact of the coming judgment.<\/STRONG><\/P> Eccl. 12:14, “God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil”.<\/P> Matt. 12:36, “Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.” <\/P> Psa. 96:13, “For the Lord cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.”<\/P> Matt. 3:12, “For who fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gatherhis wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” 2. It is not a popular subject. Most would prefer to preach only positive things, such as the love, grace or benefits of God.<\/STRONG><\/P> Yet, God so loves us, that he wants us to be fully aware of the Truth. His plan is that, through preachers and “the foolishness” of preaching to save them that would believe. I. GOD HATES SIN. Psalm 5:4-6<\/STRONG> <\/P> b. God is the author of righteousness and man has no righteousness of himself. God is the creator, he made all of creation and it is he that is the standard for righteousness. <\/P> Romans 3:28 “Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.” c. Christ died in vain, if we can work for our own salvation. Gal. 2:21, “I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.” <\/P><\/UL><\/UL> B. Note in Romans 3:25, Christ’s death on the cross paid the sin debt, and it is Christ’s righteousness that is offer for the forgive ness of sin. <\/P><\/UL><\/UL> II. GOD WILL JUDGE SIN.<\/STRONG> B. A man will receive the righteousness of God through faith and receiving forgiveness of sin, or he will stand without righteousness at the Great White Throne of God, and be damned to an eternity and the Lake of Fire<\/STRONG>.<\/P> 1. Every man will die, and the be judged. Hebrews 9:27, “it is appointed unto men one to die, but after this the judgment” <\/P><\/UL>C. God is longsuffering.<\/STRONG> <\/P><\/UL>D. God’s judgment also applies to Christians who sin and refuse to repent<\/STRONG>. <\/P><\/UL><\/UL>Conclusion:<\/STRONG> 2. Acts 24:25, The greatest preacher, other that Christ Jesus, preached to a governor named Felix. 3. What of you? Will you trust Christ and receive the imputed righteousness of God, or will you die in your sin<\/P><\/UL> It is always encouraging to receive email from those who find the messages helpful, or who have comments.<\/P> <\/P><\/UL> God’s Longsuffering has an End Psalm 5:1-12 by Cooper Abrams(https:\/\/bible-truth.org) Introduction: Introduction: I do not know anyone including myself that really enjoys hearing about the judgment of the Lord. We all I think understand the rapture is near which will enter in the end times and the seven years of the terrible Tribulation. It will … Continue reading “God’s Longsuffering has an End – Psalm 5:1-12 – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
1 Timothy 4:6, “If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, where unto thou hast been called.”
Isa. 3;10 “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be with him: for they shall earth the fruit of their doings. Woe to the wicked it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him”
Gal. 6:5-,”Every man shall bear his own burden, Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.<\/P><\/UL>
A. In verse 8, the Psalmist asks God to lead Him in the righteousness of God.<\/STRONG>
1. What is righteousness. By definition is simply means being “right”. Righteousness then means doing what is right.
a. God is righteous, thus he does that which is right. We are righteous, when we do that which is right.
<\/P><\/UL> 2. However, being righteous or obtaining righteous ness does not come for doing that which is right! Being declared righteous, is a act of God, a free gift or Grace received without merit on the part of the believer. a. Romans 3:10, “There is none righteous, no not one.”
Romans 3:23, “All have sinned and come short of the glory of God”.
If we are not righteous then how can we become righteous?
b. Only by Faith in Jesus Christ!
Romans 3:21 It states that righteousness not of works is revealed.
Romans 3:24, “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ: Whom God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God. To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.”
d. Believers are given the righteousness of Christ, that they might serve Him.
Rom. 6:17, “But God be thanked, that ye were servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart, that form of doctrine which was delivered you, but then made free from sin, ye became servants of righteousness.” A. Romans. 9:28, <\/STRONG>“For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.”
2. The present heaven and earth are locked on course. They will be destroyed by fire.
2 Peter 3:7, “but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the some word are kept in store, reserved unto the fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.” 1. God’s purpose in holding off judgment is to give the lost a chance to be saved.
Rom. 9:22, “What if God, willing to show his wrath and make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels or wrath fixed for destruction.”
2 Pet. 3:9,15, “The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.” 1. Speaking of praying the sinning Christians John wrote:
If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. (1 John 5:16-17)
2. Concerning taking the Lords Supper Paul says:
Read 1 Corinthians 11:26-33
3. In Hebrews 12:10-14. 1. Read 2 Peter 3:14-15, Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. (2 Peter 3:13-16)
Be thankful that God has given you this day. He has loved you and cared for your eternal destiny.
He wants you saved, He wants you to accept forgiveness of sin.
Thank him that he has been longsuffering, that you might be saved.
Felix, was almost persuaded, almost he believed. Yet, he put it off.
Maybe, there were those in the crowd to whom it would be embarrassing to publicly make a profession of faith.
Maybe, he would be ashamed of not being a strong ruler, and some might have thought him weak.
Maybe, he held on the idea the devil has condemned many a soul with, that he would be all right in time, he would do a lot of good works and the Lord would be pleased with him.
Maybe he just couldn’t give up the evil life he was living and enjoying.
What ever his reason, he was interested, (which is a sign the Holy Spirit was working in his heart), BUT he put it off to a more convenient time……which never came.
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