You are storing up wrath against yourself
Romans 2:5-6, "Because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God's wrath, when His righteous judgment will be revealed. God will give to each person according to what he has done."
Every day that an unrepentant sinner draws breath, is a fresh act of divine mercy--and yet, also, a fresh addition to the mountain of wrath that awaits him. Paul's words above, pierce through all excuses and strip away every illusion of safety. The lost sinner imagines that because he lives another day, God must be indifferent toward his sin. But the opposite is true. Every sunrise that finds him unconverted, is not a sign of divine forgetfulness--it is an extension of divine patience (Romans 2:4). Yet that patience, if despised, becomes the very means by which his condemnation increases.
The apostle does not say the sinner "receives" wrath daily, but that he "stores it up." Each sin--each godless thought, each careless word, each act of rebellion--adds to a dreadful account that must one day be settled. The longer the unbeliever lives, the more his sins accumulate. His life becomes like a vast reservoir behind a dam, filling higher and higher, until at last, on the day of judgment, it bursts forth in unstoppable fury! The day of judgment will be the righteous revelation of God's justice--measured, exact, and fully deserved.
Every additional day of rebellion is another day of accumulating wrath. Every refusal to repent deepens the sinner's ruin. To live long in sin is not a blessing--it is a curse with eternal consequences. It would be a mercy to unbelievers if they died early; for the longer they live the more they sin; and the more they sin the more wrath they are storing up against themselves.
Let no one presume upon God's kindness. His patience is meant to lead you to repentance (Romans 2:4), not to grant you more time to sin. The righteous Judge has not forgotten--He has an iron memory. "It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). The only refuge from this wrath is Jesus Himself, who bore the full fury of divine justice on behalf of His people. On the cross He drained the cup of wrath, so that repentant sinners might drink the cup of salvation.
Every day the ungodly are making deposits into their treasury of wrath. When the bank of vengeance shall be opened, there will be a fearful payout indeed!
May the dread of deserved wrath, drive you swiftly to the mercy of the Savior!
from Charles Spurgeon
Every day that an unrepentant sinner draws breath, is a fresh act of divine mercy--and yet, also, a fresh addition to the mountain of wrath that awaits him. Paul's words above, pierce through all excuses and strip away every illusion of safety. The lost sinner imagines that because he lives another day, God must be indifferent toward his sin. But the opposite is true. Every sunrise that finds him unconverted, is not a sign of divine forgetfulness--it is an extension of divine patience (Romans 2:4). Yet that patience, if despised, becomes the very means by which his condemnation increases.
The apostle does not say the sinner "receives" wrath daily, but that he "stores it up." Each sin--each godless thought, each careless word, each act of rebellion--adds to a dreadful account that must one day be settled. The longer the unbeliever lives, the more his sins accumulate. His life becomes like a vast reservoir behind a dam, filling higher and higher, until at last, on the day of judgment, it bursts forth in unstoppable fury! The day of judgment will be the righteous revelation of God's justice--measured, exact, and fully deserved.
Every additional day of rebellion is another day of accumulating wrath. Every refusal to repent deepens the sinner's ruin. To live long in sin is not a blessing--it is a curse with eternal consequences. It would be a mercy to unbelievers if they died early; for the longer they live the more they sin; and the more they sin the more wrath they are storing up against themselves.
Let no one presume upon God's kindness. His patience is meant to lead you to repentance (Romans 2:4), not to grant you more time to sin. The righteous Judge has not forgotten--He has an iron memory. "It is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment" (Hebrews 9:27). The only refuge from this wrath is Jesus Himself, who bore the full fury of divine justice on behalf of His people. On the cross He drained the cup of wrath, so that repentant sinners might drink the cup of salvation.
Every day the ungodly are making deposits into their treasury of wrath. When the bank of vengeance shall be opened, there will be a fearful payout indeed!
May the dread of deserved wrath, drive you swiftly to the mercy of the Savior!
from Charles Spurgeon
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