The reason the Lord had not returned in Peter's day, and the reason that the Lord has not yet returned in our day is the same reason; because He is longsuffering.
If God was not longsuffering, none of us would be saved; but He is longsuffering, meaning, He is long-spirited and long-patient; it means that He forbears and suffers our ill manners and our sins and our wickedness to accomplish His good pleasure, and what He has decreed from eternity. --------Isaiah 57:15---Psalm 90:4---Hebrews 10:36-37---2 Peter 3:9 ---- Numbers 23:19,--- 1 Samuel 15:29, ---Titus 1:1-2---Isaiah 55:8-9, 25:1---Matthew 24:36---Exodus 12:40-42, ---Genesis 15:13-14. ---John 10:27-29 ---Acts 13:38-39,-- John 6:37, --Matthew 11:28,-- Isaiah 55:6-7.--God will turn no sinner away who comes to Him in repentance and faith in Christ. YOU SAY, but what about election? Turn from your sins to Christ! ~James Downing |
