1 Peter 1:25 ”… But the word of the LORD endures forever.”
Nothing but the loving goodness of God, the patience and long-suffering of God, is holding back His sure and perfect judgments on the people of the earth.
For we all are surely a sinful people and in need of a Savior.
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
God has shown us through His Holy Scriptures He is both loving and patient as well as Holy and just. He alone is in control of His perfect unfolding plans.
Genesis 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.
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Sin entered into the world through the deception of Satan
Genesis 3:13 And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
Sin was passed from generation to generation. Satan’s deception lives.
Genesis 4:8 Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Able his brother and killed him.
Genesis 6:3 And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh;”
Genesis 6:5 Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
Genesis 7:1 Then the LORD said to Noah, “Come into the ark, you and all your household, because I have seen that you are righteous before Me in this generation.”
Genesis 7:4 “For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I had made.”
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The Bible speaks God’s truth and shows His great love. The loving goodness of God, is holding back His sure and perfect judgments.
The Bible gives serious warnings. No one can say they weren’t warned.
God is patient and has allowed evil to persist and to escalate only so much because He waits for souls to call out for salvation in His son Jesus Christ.
Psalm 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes.
Isaiah 45:22 “look to Me, and be save, All you ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other.”
1 Peter 1:24-25 “All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, And its flower falls away, But the word of the LORD endures forever.”
1Timothy 2:4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 3:17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.
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For a period of God’s plan; He NOW allows evil to surface more visibly before He crushes it. He controls all things but wants people to want Him, to love Him in faith through Jesus alone.
Nahum 1:3 The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And will not at all acquit the wicked.
The questions are; how much more evil will come, how close will evil get into people’s lives and how long will the souls of people wait before they cry out for God to save them?
Luke 13:35 “See! Your house is left to you desolate; and assuredly, I say to you, you shall not see Me until the time comes when you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with in, and he with Me.
God is still waiting for you. Jesus is God. Believe and be saved.
Ecclesiastes 12:14 For God will bring every work into judgment, Including every secret thing, Whether good or evil.
Jesus said in John 14:7 “If you have known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Phillip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say,’ Show us the father’?”
Jesus is God and every knee shall bow.
