God continues to offer salvation because He is a sovereign God of mercy who has already poured out that mercy at the cross.
God's righteousness gives Him every right to destroy sinful mankind, but instead He withdraws into His sovereignty and shows mercy. Les Feldick explains that when Christ died, God poured out both His wrath and His mercy. That mercy is now available to anyone who will receive it by faith.
Romans 9:22 — Shows that God endures sinners with much longsuffering instead of immediately destroying them.
Exodus 33:19 — Reveals God's sovereign right to show mercy to whomever He chooses—the foundation for His continuing offer of salvation.
The Bible shows a holy God who does not immediately execute judgment on sinners. In Romans 9:22 Paul writes, "What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction." In Exodus 33:19 God tells Moses, "I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy." These passages reveal that judgment is tempered by longsuffering and that mercy is God's sovereign choice.
Les Feldick teaches that God did not owe humanity anything. In His holiness and righteousness, God had every right to wipe out Israel—and the whole human race—repeatedly. But instead, He withdrew into His sovereignty and poured out mercy. This mercy was fully poured out at the cross when Christ took all God's wrath for the sins of the world. Therefore, Les says we no longer have to beg for mercy; it has already been given. We simply appropriate it by faith. Les emphasizes that God's grace is what saves us and what keeps us, because none of us deserves to be saved even for six hours of the day. The reason God has forestalled destroying humanity is not because we deserve it, but because of His grace. Ultimately, God loves mankind, and that is the only reason He became flesh and died on the cross.
Les explains that God has every righteous reason to wipe out both Israel and the whole human race. Yet, rather than reacting according to what is fair, God retreats into His sovereignty and pours out mercy. Because He is God, He can be compassionate and merciful to whomever He chooses. The reason God has not yet destroyed humanity is His grace.
No. Les says that when Christ died, God poured out His wrath for sin and also poured out His mercy. Mercy is already there; we don't have to keep asking God to become merciful. All we have to do is appropriate by faith the mercy He has already given.
Les teaches that the same grace that saves us is what keeps us. We don't deserve to be saved for even six hours of the day, yet God continues to keep us by His grace. This grace is rooted in God's love for mankind—the love that caused the Creator to walk the streets of this world and die on the cross.
God's Righteous Right to Destroy and His Sovereign Mercy
God had every righteous right to wipe Israel out, but He withdrew into His sovereignty and poured out mercy instead of judgment.
Mercy Poured Out at the Cross
Christ's death satisfied God's wrath and simultaneously poured out His mercy, so we do not ask for mercy again—we receive already-given mercy by faith.
God's Sovereign Choice to Show Mercy
Because God is sovereign, He can interrupt deserved judgment and show compassion and mercy wherever He chooses, as He did with Israel at the golden calf.
God's Mercy Toward Saul on the Road to Damascus
God showed Saul the same sovereignty-mercy pattern: He could have destroyed him on the Damascus road, but instead He chose to have compassion.
God Endures Vessels of Wrath
The sovereign God endures vessels of wrath with much longsuffering and deals in mercy rather than reacting instantly in judgment.
Grace That Saves and Keeps
God's grace does more than save us—it keeps us every hour of the day, even when we do not deserve it.
Grace Keeps God from Destroying Humanity
The only reason God has not already destroyed the human race is His grace; humanity deserves it, but He chooses to hold back judgment.
God's Love Motivated Salvation
God the Creator became flesh and died on the cross because He loves mankind—that love is behind His continuing offer of salvation.
Romans 9:22: What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:
This verse shows that God does not immediately carry out wrath; He endures sin with much longsuffering.
Exodus 33:19: And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.
God declares His sovereign right to choose mercy toward anyone He wills.
No. Les teaches that God already poured out His mercy when Christ died for the sins of the world. We don't have to cry for mercy again; we simply receive by faith the mercy that has already been given.
Les explains that God has every right to destroy us, but He withdraws into His sovereignty and pours out mercy. It is His grace that has kept the world from being wiped out, even though humanity deserves judgment.
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