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“Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy” (Proverbs 6:15 KJV).
This verse seems a fitting companion to another, as though they belong together although separated by chapters, “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1 KJV).
If one thing should be clear, it is the finality of the judgment. It is sudden, and it is complete, and there is no coming back from it. From the first, this end is in sight. God, knowing the end from the beginning, knows that this soul is set in its course, but patiently He waits until his iniquity has run its full course.
We are told that in Sierra Leone the white ants will sometimes occupy a house, and eat their way into all the woodwork, until every article in the house is hollow, so that it will collapse into dust directly it is touched. It is so with this deceitful character, so honeycombed, and eaten through, that though for years it may maintain its plausible appearance in the world, few people even suspecting the extent of the inward decay on a sudden the end will come; there will be one touch of the finger of God, and the whole ill-compacted, worm-devoured thing will crumble into matchwood: "He shall be broken, and that without remedy.”
Not so, for the child of God. “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief” (Proverbs 24:16 KJV). For a Blood-bought believer, we are being fashioned in grace though the process be often painful, yet our hearts are constantly aware of our failure, and we seek His cleansing, forgiveness, and chastening: “Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it” (Jeremiah 18:3-4 KJV).
For the unbelieving scoundrel, judgment is approaching and it will be quick and complete when it falls, for the child of God our judgment fell hard at the Cross on another’s stead, so that we are now becoming that which God would have us to be—through patience and loving care, He is shaping the servant.
Father, how is it possible to comprehend the greatness and mystery of grace. In many ways we may be just as mean as the lost, but though we be sinners and imperfect creatures, we are adopted into Your great family. Keep us mindful of that daily, and daily keep us near the Cross where the cleansing Blood fell and falls. Amen.
This verse seems a fitting companion to another, as though they belong together although separated by chapters, “He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy” (Proverbs 29:1 KJV).
If one thing should be clear, it is the finality of the judgment. It is sudden, and it is complete, and there is no coming back from it. From the first, this end is in sight. God, knowing the end from the beginning, knows that this soul is set in its course, but patiently He waits until his iniquity has run its full course.
We are told that in Sierra Leone the white ants will sometimes occupy a house, and eat their way into all the woodwork, until every article in the house is hollow, so that it will collapse into dust directly it is touched. It is so with this deceitful character, so honeycombed, and eaten through, that though for years it may maintain its plausible appearance in the world, few people even suspecting the extent of the inward decay on a sudden the end will come; there will be one touch of the finger of God, and the whole ill-compacted, worm-devoured thing will crumble into matchwood: "He shall be broken, and that without remedy.”
Not so, for the child of God. “For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief” (Proverbs 24:16 KJV). For a Blood-bought believer, we are being fashioned in grace though the process be often painful, yet our hearts are constantly aware of our failure, and we seek His cleansing, forgiveness, and chastening: “Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it” (Jeremiah 18:3-4 KJV).
For the unbelieving scoundrel, judgment is approaching and it will be quick and complete when it falls, for the child of God our judgment fell hard at the Cross on another’s stead, so that we are now becoming that which God would have us to be—through patience and loving care, He is shaping the servant.
Father, how is it possible to comprehend the greatness and mystery of grace. In many ways we may be just as mean as the lost, but though we be sinners and imperfect creatures, we are adopted into Your great family. Keep us mindful of that daily, and daily keep us near the Cross where the cleansing Blood fell and falls. Amen.
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