Robert J. Wieland
The Bible says that “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son ...” This must mean that He loves everybody in the world.
But it is surprising to discover that there are some people whom the Lord “abhors.”
We find them in Proverbs 22:14: “The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; whosoever is abhorred of the Lord shall fall therein.”
It’s possible therefore for the Lord to “abhor” someone’s character and yet at the same time He loves that person’s soul and wants him (her) to be saved eternally.
An example is King David. The Lord loved him but He abhorred his double sin of adultery and murder of Uriah the Hittite (2 Sam. 11:2-27).
The Lord gave King David the gift of repentance (repentance is always a gift from the Lord; see Acts 5:31; don’t ever refuse it).
David’s repentance is explained in two psalms especially, #32 and #51. He realizes that the root of his sin is hatred of God that expresses itself in murder of God—in other words, in the crucifixion of the Son of God. He says, “Against Thee only have I sinned and done this evil in Thy sight” (51:4).
He confesses his sin without making any excuse for it; he realizes that the root of all sin takes him back to Calvary. That’s where the world is judged.
It’s better for us to realize the root of sin today and confess it rather than wait until the final day of judgment, too late to confess the truth.
No comments:
Post a Comment