Hosea 11:9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man;
Our hope lies in the fact that God is God. Sometimes, that truth is a terror to men; they are distressed at the thought of the great and holy God, yet in this truth is their only hope of salvation. The Lord says, "I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man."
Hosea 11:9. The Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
That is, the Lord says, "I will not come into it to see all its iniquities, lest in my wrath I smite and destroy it." How tenderly doth God bear with wicked men! How great is his long-suffering! How graciously he seems to close his eyes, as if he would not see that which must bring upon us swift destruction if he looked upon it in his righteous anger!
Hosea 11:9. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man;
Our hope lies in the fact that God is God. Sometimes, that truth is a terror to men; they are distressed at the thought of the great and holy God, yet in this truth is their only hope of salvation. The Lord says, "I will not return to destroy Ephraim, for I am God, and not man."
Hosea 11:9. The Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
That is, the Lord says, "I will not come into it to see all its iniquities, lest in my wrath I smite and destroy it." How tenderly doth God bear with wicked men! How great is his long-suffering! How graciously he seems to close his eyes, as if he would not see that which must bring upon us swift destruction if he looked upon it in his righteous anger!