KingJ
Active
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2015
- Messages
- 5,308
Countless souls—far too many—grow bitter, impatient, and even furious with God when vengeance seems to linger on those who have wounded us. Yet I plead with you: do not let that delay erode your faith in His perfect goodness or His burning hatred for every form of evil.
Vengeance is His alone, for He is the just God who sees every hidden thing. And one day, when He finally drops the hammer on the unrepentant wicked, it will be a terror beyond imagining—punishment precisely fitted to the measure of their sin.
“Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; in due time their foot will slip’” (Deut. 32:35).
“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Rom. 12:19).
The throne of justice is not ours to occupy; the gavel is in His hand. To seize it is to play God—and to fall under the very judgment we seek to wield.
We cry, “How long, O Lord?” like the martyrs beneath the altar (Rev. 6:10). We see evil strut in daylight and imagine God asleep. But Peter warns: “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Pet. 3:9). His delay is not absence; it is mercy stretched across centuries. What looks like tardiness to our stopwatch is perfect timing on His eternal calendar. The wicked store up wrath with every unrepented breath (Rom. 2:5), and the interest compounds until the day of reckoning.
“There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Heb. 4:13). The murderer in the alley, the liar in the boardroom, the secret sinner in the dark—every deed is recorded. Yet the door stands open: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). But let no one presume on grace. “God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7). Repentance is not regret; it is a turning—a forsaking of sin and a clinging to Christ. Without it, the sentence stands irrevocable.
“The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates” (Ps. 11:5).He is “slow to anger” (Nah. 1:3), but never indifferent. Every tear of the oppressed, every cry of the innocent, is bottled before Him (Ps. 56:8). He bites His lip in longsuffering, giving space for the prodigal to return. But the day comes when forbearance ends. Sodom felt the fire. Egypt tasted the plagues. Jerusalem saw the temple razed. And the final day will eclipse them all: “The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel” (2 Thess. 1:7-8). When the hammer drops, it drops hard—perfect in justice, unyielding in truth, and final in consequence.
------------------------------
Therefore, flee to the cross today. The same God who will judge the wicked has provided the Lamb who was slain. His blood pleads louder than Abel’s (Heb. 12:24). Repent, believe, and find refuge in Jesus today!
Vengeance is His alone, for He is the just God who sees every hidden thing. And one day, when He finally drops the hammer on the unrepentant wicked, it will be a terror beyond imagining—punishment precisely fitted to the measure of their sin.
A. Vengeance Belongs to God Alone
“Vengeance is Mine, and retribution; in due time their foot will slip’” (Deut. 32:35).
“Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written: ‘Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Rom. 12:19).
The throne of justice is not ours to occupy; the gavel is in His hand. To seize it is to play God—and to fall under the very judgment we seek to wield.
B. The Impatience of the Flesh and the Fullness of Time
We cry, “How long, O Lord?” like the martyrs beneath the altar (Rev. 6:10). We see evil strut in daylight and imagine God asleep. But Peter warns: “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance” (2 Pet. 3:9). His delay is not absence; it is mercy stretched across centuries. What looks like tardiness to our stopwatch is perfect timing on His eternal calendar. The wicked store up wrath with every unrepented breath (Rom. 2:5), and the interest compounds until the day of reckoning.
C. No Escape Without True Repentance
“There is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we must give account” (Heb. 4:13). The murderer in the alley, the liar in the boardroom, the secret sinner in the dark—every deed is recorded. Yet the door stands open: “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). But let no one presume on grace. “God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap” (Gal. 6:7). Repentance is not regret; it is a turning—a forsaking of sin and a clinging to Christ. Without it, the sentence stands irrevocable.
D. The Holy Hatred of God and the Hammer of Justice
“The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates” (Ps. 11:5).He is “slow to anger” (Nah. 1:3), but never indifferent. Every tear of the oppressed, every cry of the innocent, is bottled before Him (Ps. 56:8). He bites His lip in longsuffering, giving space for the prodigal to return. But the day comes when forbearance ends. Sodom felt the fire. Egypt tasted the plagues. Jerusalem saw the temple razed. And the final day will eclipse them all: “The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel” (2 Thess. 1:7-8). When the hammer drops, it drops hard—perfect in justice, unyielding in truth, and final in consequence.
------------------------------
Therefore, flee to the cross today. The same God who will judge the wicked has provided the Lamb who was slain. His blood pleads louder than Abel’s (Heb. 12:24). Repent, believe, and find refuge in Jesus today!
