Why are people wicked? I’ve asked this repeatedly. Every person is born sinful. Yet some choose to come to faith and serve God, and others pursue a path away from God. Unfortunately, the farther you run from God, the more likely you are to self-destruct. Jesus gives insight into the human heart. Mark 7:21 For from …
The wicked will perish. In the world in which we live, it seems the wicked are getting away with ungodly behavior. The seem to be going unpunished, but that is not true. There will come a time when those who refuse God’s merciful gift of salvation will be no more. Psalm 1:6 For the Lord …
We see God’s hand against evil throughout history. In the last century, Adolf Hitler proclaimed a one-thousand-year Reich that lasted twelve years. Isaiah 66:2, “My (God’s) hands have made both heaven and earth; they and everything in them are mine. I, the Lord, have spoken! “I will bless those who have humble and contrite hearts, …
God will judge the wicked in His time. I would be the first to admit I don’t always understand God’s timing when judging the wicked. When Adam and Eve fell into sin it infected the entire human race. In our broken world, sinful people and nations cause unmerited pain to others. In the middle of …