SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12/28/2025 8:14
AM
My
Worship Time Focus: PT-3
“The God of Impeccable Justice”
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Nahum
1:7-8
Message of the verses: “7 ט The LORD is good, A stronghold in a day of
trouble; י And he knows those
who trust in him. 8 But with an
overflowing flood כ He will make
an utter end of its place,
And darkness will pursue his enemies.”
I continue to quote from John MacArthur’s commentary,
adding my own thoughts and also adding any verses he writes in his commentary.
“To illustrate the decisive and
sudden death of the wicked, the prophet used a vivid poetic construction known
as an acrostic, in which each line or stanza of the poem begins with a
sequential letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order to advance the message of the
author. Though, acrostics normally run
from the beginning to the end of the alphabet, in this passage, the acrostic is
suddenly an unexpectedly cut off at the letter kaph, in the middle of
the alphabet. In the same way, Nahum
illustrated that God would end Nineveh’s existence abruptly and
completely. One moment the city would
exist, and the next, it would be gone.
Thus Nahum continued to reinforce the lesson that God is not only
supremely good and gracious but also supremely righteous and wrathful. While the Lord had in the past shown mercy to
the repentant Ninevites, Nahum declared that He would not do so for this
generation of impenitent sinners.
“From the ancient Ninevites on to
the people in the present day, all humanity has experienced an abundance of God’s
mercy and patience (2
Peter 3:4-8).”
“4
and saying, “Where is the promise of his
coming? For since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation.” 5 For this, they are willingly ignorant:
that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the
earth standing out of the water and in the water, 6 by which the world that then was,
perished, being flooded with water. 7 But the heavens and the earth, which
now are kept by the same word, are reserved for fire until the
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, do not be
ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord
as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.”
“However,
no one should ever presume upon God’s grace or conclude that the Lord’s wrath
against the unrighteous is avoidable. To
those who spurn the thought of divine righteousness and judgment, Nahum’s description
of God’s fearsome power serves as a timely warning. Unless sinners repent, they will perish (Luke 13:3-5; Heb 9:27).”
“3
I tell you, no; but unless you repent
you will all likewise perish. 4 Or those
eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that
these sinners were worse than all men who lived in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will
all likewise perish.’”
“27
And as it is appointed for men once to
die, but after this the judgment,”
“As
the author of Hebrews rightly observed, ‘It is a terrifying thing to fall
into the hands of the living God’ (Heb. 10:31).
Though the Lord has always demonstrated great patience with sinners,
providing them with ample time to repent (2 Peter 3:9), He will one day execute judgment
against His enemies, pouring out His wrath suddenly and when they least expect
it (cf. Matt. 24:36-41; 1
Thess. 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10).”
(2 Peter 3:9), “9 ¶ The Lord is not slack concerning his
promise, as some men count slackness, but is longsuffering towards us,
not willing that any should perish but that all men
should come to repentance.”
(cf. Matt. 24:36-41; 1 Thess. 5:2; 2
Peter 3:10).
“36
But of that day and hour, no man knows,
not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so also
will the coming of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days before the flood, they were
eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that
Noah entered into the ark, 39 and they
did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also will
the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then
two men will be in the field: the one will be taken and the other left. 41
Two women will be grinding
at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.”
“2
For you know perfectly that the
day of the Lord comes as a thief in the night.”
10
But the day of the Lord will come
as a thief in the night, in which the heavens will pass away with
a great noise, and the elements will melt with fervent
heat; also the earth and the works in it will be burned up.”
Spiritual
Meaning for my Life Today: Keep a short list of sinful behavior with the
Lord, confessing it very soon.
My
Steps of Faith for Today: Confessing my sin knowing that the Lord is
faithful and just to forgive my sins because I belong to Him.
12/28/2025
8:39 AM
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