But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart,
you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s
wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed.
Romans 2:5
Forgetters of God
The wicked return to the grave, all the nations that forget God.
But the needy will not always be forgotten, nor the hope of the
afflicted ever perish.
Arise, O Lord, let not man triumph; let the nations be judged
in your presence. Strike them with terror, O Lord; let the nations
know they are but men.
Psalm 9:17-20
The justice which has punished the wicked, and preserved the righteous,
remains the same, and therefore in days to come, retribution will surely
be meted out. How solemn is the seventeenth verse, especially in its
warning to forgetters of God. The moral who are not devout, the honest
who are not prayerful, the benevolent who are not believing, the amiable
who are not converted, these must all have their portion with the openly
wicked in the hell which is prepared for the devil and his angels. There
are whole nations of such; the forgetters of God are far more numerous
than the profane or profligate,and according to the very forceful expression
of the Hebrew, the nethermost hell will be the place into which all of them
shall be hurled headlong. Forgetfulness seems a small sin, but it brings eternal
wrath upon the man who lives and dies in it.
The Treasury of David Classic Reflections On The Wisdom Of The Psalms
by Charles H. Spurgeon VOL1 Pages 100-101
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Pasturelands of God
who said, “Let us take possession of the pasturelands of God.”
Make them like tumbleweed, O my God, like chaff before the
wind. As fire consumes the forest or a flame sets the mountains
ablaze, so pursue them with your tempest and terrify them with
your storm. Cover their faces with shame so that men will seek
your name, O Lord. May they ever be ashamed and dismayed; may
they perish in disgrace.
Let them know that you, whose name is
the Lord- that you alone are the Most High over all the earth.
Psalm 83: 12-18
Nations That Forget God
The wicked return to the grave, all the
nations that forget God. But the needy
will not always be forgotten, nor the
hope of the afflicted ever perish.
Psalm 9:17,18
The justice which has punished the wicked, and preserved the righteous,
remains the same, and therefore in days to come, retribution will surely
be meted out. How solemn is the seventeenth verse, especially in its
warning to forgetters of God. The moral who are not devout, the honest
who are not prayerful, the benevolent who are not believing, the amiable
who are not converted, these must all have their portion with the openly
wicked in the hell which is prepared for the devil and his angels…
Arise, O Lord, let not man triumph;
let the nations be judged in your presence.
Strike them with terror, O Lord; let the
nations know they are but men.
Psalm 9:19,20
Prayers are the believer’s weapons of war. When the battle
is too hard for us, we call in our great ally, who, as it
were, lies in ambush until faith gives the signal by crying
out,
”Arise, O Lord.” Although our cause be all but lost, it
shall be soon won again if the Almighty doth but bestir himself.
He will not suffer man to prevail over God, but with swift
judgments will confound their gloryings. In the very sight
of God the wicked will be punished, and he who is now all
tenderness will have no bowels of compassion for them,
since they had no tears of repentance while their day of
grace endured.
Charles H. Spurgeon from Treasury of David Vol 1 p.100-101.
Oh My People
Oh my people, your guides lead you astray; they turn you from the path.
The Lord takes his place in court; he rises to judge the people.
The Lord enters into judgment against the elders and leaders of his people:
“It is you who have ruined my vineyard: the plunder from the poor is in your
houses.
What do you mean by crushing my people and grinding the faces of the
poor?” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Isaiah 3: 12b-15
The Lord Was Grieved
The Lord saw how great man’s wickedness
on the earth had become, and that every inclination
of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all
the time.
The Lord was grieved that he had made man on the earth,
and his heart was filled with pain.
Genesis 6:5,6
“Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it
be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating,
drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to
the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and
destroyed them all.” Luke 17:26, 27
