DOES THE CREATOR REPENT? (Part 7)
It is the sin to death:
• 1Jn 5:16,17 -> “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.”.
In this case, the Creator gets weary of working in the heart of people:
• Jeremiah 15.6 -> “You have rejected me, declares the LORD; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.”.
• Genesis 6:3 -> “Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.””.
But, why the Creator cope with people like this?
He knows people very well. And, in order to deal with the seed of sin that are hidden very well, He can abandon someone so that He can see what exists in their heart with the own eyes of this person, and, thus, the person can know their spiritual reality (as David asked – Ps 139:23,24):
This happened with Hezekiah:
• 2Ch 32:31 -> “And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.”.
I know that this can be hard. Nonetheless, do you recollect whereof the “small” sin of Adam brought to the world (Gen 3:6)? And what about the sin of Canaan against Noah (Gen 9:21-23)?
Not to mention the sin of Achan:
• Jos 7:11,12 -> “Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.”.
So, if the Creator knows that the person, after receiving a great blessing or promise, can boast and give place for Ha-Satan (as it took place with Uzziah – 2Ch 26:16), He can allow a falling or a thorn in the flesh:
• 2Co 12:7 -> “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.”.
• Jeremiah 18:9,10 -> “And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it”.
In this case, the Creator gets sad in virtue of the necessity of calling off His good promise.
Have a magnificent day.
Tomorrow we'll keep on.
It is the sin to death:
• 1Jn 5:16,17 -> “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.”.
In this case, the Creator gets weary of working in the heart of people:
• Jeremiah 15.6 -> “You have rejected me, declares the LORD; you keep going backward, so I have stretched out my hand against you and destroyed you— I am weary of relenting.”.
• Genesis 6:3 -> “Then the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not abide in man forever, for he is flesh: his days shall be 120 years.””.
But, why the Creator cope with people like this?
He knows people very well. And, in order to deal with the seed of sin that are hidden very well, He can abandon someone so that He can see what exists in their heart with the own eyes of this person, and, thus, the person can know their spiritual reality (as David asked – Ps 139:23,24):
This happened with Hezekiah:
• 2Ch 32:31 -> “And so in the matter of the envoys of the princes of Babylon, who had been sent to him to inquire about the sign that had been done in the land, God left him to himself, in order to test him and to know all that was in his heart.”.
I know that this can be hard. Nonetheless, do you recollect whereof the “small” sin of Adam brought to the world (Gen 3:6)? And what about the sin of Canaan against Noah (Gen 9:21-23)?
Not to mention the sin of Achan:
• Jos 7:11,12 -> “Israel has sinned; they have transgressed my covenant that I commanded them; they have taken some of the devoted things; they have stolen and lied and put them among their own belongings. Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become devoted for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.”.
So, if the Creator knows that the person, after receiving a great blessing or promise, can boast and give place for Ha-Satan (as it took place with Uzziah – 2Ch 26:16), He can allow a falling or a thorn in the flesh:
• 2Co 12:7 -> “So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.”.
• Jeremiah 18:9,10 -> “And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it, and if it does evil in my sight, not listening to my voice, then I will relent of the good that I had intended to do to it”.
In this case, the Creator gets sad in virtue of the necessity of calling off His good promise.
Have a magnificent day.
Tomorrow we'll keep on.