Isaiah 57:11. And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
This is the old trouble - that because God does not smite down sinners there and then they take liberties with him. They do not know that his patience - his slackness, as they call it - is long-suffering, because he is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, and so he puts up his sword. Yet he says, "Have not I held my peace, even of old, and thou fearest me not?"
Isaiah 57:11. And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not?
This is the old trouble - that because God does not smite down sinners there and then they take liberties with him. They do not know that his patience - his slackness, as they call it - is long-suffering, because he is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, and so he puts up his sword. Yet he says, "Have not I held my peace, even of old, and thou fearest me not?"