1 Thessalonians 5:9 9For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
When you think of Sodom and Gomorrah, what comes to your mind?
God’s wrath and fiery judgment? The truth is that God was not all
out to judge the people of Sodom and Gomorrah. He was not on a
sin hunt. He was, in fact, on a righteousness hunt!
This is evident because if God was on a sin hunt, He would not have allowed
anyone to stop Him. But we know that He let Abraham in on what He was about
to do and even allowed Abraham to entreat Him.
Abraham asked God if He would destroy Sodom if He could find 50 righteous
people there. God’s reply was, “If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the
city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.” (Genesis 18:26) Abraham then
asked God if He would destroy the city if there were only 45... 40... 30... or 10
righteous. And each time, God’s reply was that He would spare the place for the
sake of the righteous.
Abraham stopped at 10. If he had gone down to just one righteous man, I believe
God’s reply would have been the same because He was on a righteousness hunt.
Now, if God was not all out to destroy then, how much more today, when God
has already judged our sins in the body of His Son? At the cross, Jesus exhausted
all of God’s fiery judgments until there was no more fire of God’s wrath left for us!
Today, God is not judging us for our sins because He has found the
righteousness of the one Man — Christ Jesus. So do not let anyone tell you that
God judges you for your sins and punishes you with cancer, car accidents,
business failures or brokenness. God would be unjust if He punished the same
sins twice — in Jesus’ body and then in yours.
Beloved, God is not out to judge you but bless you today, not because you
deserve it, but because Jesus was judged and punished in your place!
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