They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death.22 But the Lord is my place of safety, high on the mountain.  God says to suffering believers, “There is a day coming when Jesus Christ will be revealed.  Then you will see the full measure of My justice. 16 No one helped me fight against the wicked. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. Think about the man writing these words.  He once persecuted Christians himself!  Saul of Tarsus was the terror of the early church.  Breathing fire and slaughter, he was on his way to Damascus on a campaign of violence. A deep grasp of this truth will help you to pray for those who’ve harmed you.  Bitterness cannot survive for long when you begin to pray. Chapter Parallel Compare. You can read the quote (and this entire commentary) online: http://www.studylight.org/com/mhc-com/view.cgi?book=2th&chapter=001, [2] James Denney, “The Epistles to the Thessalonians,” p. 300, General Books, LLC, 2010, http://www.amazon.com/Epistles-Thessalonians-James-Denney/dp/0217799124/, "This Week at Unlocking the Bible" features new articles, radio programs, devotionals, and ministry updates.  You can have absolute confidence that no one will be punished for a sin he or she did not commit. 11 Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches. This truth is meant to help someone who’s been wronged, “If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.  Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: ‘It is mine to avenge; I will repay,’ says the Lord” (Romans 12:18-20). God, come punish them. 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. I know there is a verse in the Old Testament that supports the fact that God will punish those who literally kill animals, destroy the earth, pollute the earth, etc but I just do not recall the book, chapter and verse. As Christians, we will never be condemned for our sin. That is what He is saying to us through His words to us today.  Christ laid down His life for you and now He lays claim to your life for Him. Genesis 12:3 - And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. He is the one who teaches us everything.11 The Lord knows what people are thinking. God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well.  This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. (2 Thessalonians 1:6-7), When the Scripture was read, you may have thought, “This is a strange message for a weekend when we are welcoming large numbers of first- time visitors at the public launch of a new campus.”  You may have wondered, “Is he really going to speak on these verses from the Bible?”, I have to tell you, I had the same question.  On an occasion like this you have to make a choice.  We can do something different because it is special, or we can do what we normally do and say, “This is who we are.”. That was done once for all: “There is now no condemnation for those … They say the God of Jacob does not know what is happening. I praise you for the work you are doing in my life, teaching and perfecting my faith. Nothing is hidden from Him. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. If you have a testimony or story you would like to share or if you have a prayer request, please use the form below.  This will happen when Jesus Christ is revealed. That’s the power of the Gospel!  This is the Gospel that we believe and that we proclaim. This doctrine helps. When the time comes, you can talk with God about rebuilding trust with the person who hurt you as well. That is why we use the discipline of working through a book of the Bible, so that we can listen to what God is saying, without us deciding what the topic will be. Bible verses related to Those Who Hurt Children from the King James Version (KJV) by Relevance - Sort By Book Order Matthew 18:6 - But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he … He will destroy them because they sinned. [1] Matthew Henry, “Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible,” Hendrickson, 1991. God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.  It has to be, about Jesus Christ, who loved me and gave Himself for me. I’ve chosen the latter.  What we do here week-by-week is take a passage of the Bible and place ourselves under it.  During his three years of ministry Jesus did so much good—healing the sick, feeding the hungry, proclaiming the greatest teaching that this world has ever heard. 94 The Lord is a God who punishes people. You have a PROMISE from God Almighty that He will PUNISH … The Lord is good to all. Revelation 2:11. 94 The Lord is a God who punishes people. “It is to always be dying and never to die.” [1] You may say, “Wait a minute. 4 How much longer will those criminals brag about the evil they did? God will repay, so leave room for His wrath.  You don’t need to take it into your hands when you know it is in His. Ephesians 4:30-32 Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, by whom you were marked with a seal for the day of redemption. He died as a sacrifice, and in the great love and mercy of God, our sins were laid on Him. In every case the crime is precisely the same, but the severity of the crime is measured by the one against whom it is committed.  What comes from sinning against God?  Answer: Everlasting destruction. These saints were not to interpret their painful experiences as God’s angry punishment for their sins. However, forgiving those who hurt you can be a cleansing process. God no longer punishes us for our sin; Jesus took that punishment. At the end of the day, what use is a god who was designed by you?  A god who is shaped by you will die with you. But take heart! He knows that their thoughts are like a puff of wind. No one stood with me against those who do evil. They say the God of Jacob does not know what is happening. Sometimes called “the imprecatory psalms,” these songs of judgment call on God to punish the enemies of his people. I will hold you up with my victorious right hand.  That’s why He cried out, “My God, my God why have you forsaken me?” (Matthew 27:46)  Christ endured everything that hell is on the cross.  He entered hell so that you would never know what it is like.  That is the heart of the Gospel. “God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you.”. 4. You will help them until the wicked are put in their graves.14 The Lord will not leave his people. Please open your Bible at 2 Thessalonians.  We saw last week that this letter was written to encourage Christians who were being persecuted (1:4).  Persecution is always a terrible thing.  A particular group of people are picked on and attacked viciously and repeatedly. The context of those last verses has to do with people who are professing believers. And His loving-kindness is over all His works.  He is shot dead by the secret service. The 2 John passage refers to people who distort Christ and the Gospel.  You will be amazed at the way compassion sneaks in the back door of your heart. No one stood with me against those who do evil.17 And if the Lord had not helped me,    I would have been silenced by death.18 I know I was ready to fall,    but, Lord, your faithful love supported me.19 I was very worried and upset,    but you comforted me and made me happy! Give proud people the punishment they deserve. “Salvation is not only a gift, but a vocation; we enter into it as we obey the voice of Jesus, ‘Follow Me.’” [3]. 5. Well what about those that have already been hurt and therefore they hurt others.  It tells you that you have not yet seen the end of the story.  Isaiah says, “The Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6).  Bearing our sins means that Jesus bore our punishment for sin.  This is what was happening at the cross.  Isaiah says, “The punishment that brought us peace was on Him” (53:5). Suppose during the detention, this boy punches the teacher.  What happens?  The student gets suspended from school. To be shut out from God’s presence and from His power means to be without hope and without love forever.  James Denny says it like this…, “Obey the Gospel and you enter into light in which there is no darkness.  Disobey the Gospel and you enter into darkness in which there is no light… A night in which no morning dawns” [2]. The justice of God is a central truth in the Bible. The sword = the power execution and waging war. The combination of these two words is terrifying, but the meaning is clear—this is a destruction without end. What if God is abundantly good, and we are part of a world in rebellion against Him?  What if God is love, and you are running from Him?  What if He sees a future disaster that is hidden from you, and He is reaching out to save you from it? And all those who belong to You will honor You. Give proud people the punishment they deserve.  We don’t come to the Bible to evaluate it.  We want to listen to the Bible in such a way that our thinking, feeling, choosing, believing and behaving are shaped by the Word of God. They use the law to make life hard for the people.21 They attack those who do right.  What could He accomplish by dying that He could not accomplish by living? Then you will see the full measure of My love.”  So, use this to sustain your faith in a suffering world. Sign up for these short lessons that answer basic questions about the Bible, ERV God's Word : Your Journey to Freedom - Slightly Imperfect, Portuguese Easy to Read Version (ERV) Bible. The Bible tells us, “If you declare with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved” (Romans 10:9). At that time I will punish those who hurt you. 12 Lord, great blessings belong to those you discipline,    to those you teach from your law.13 You help them stay calm when trouble comes. It’s often tempting for a preacher to fit the message to what he guesses people will want to hear.  But I am not helped by people who only say what I want to hear.  I am helped by people who “tell it like it is.”  I am helped by those who are willing to confront what I may be hiding from without even knowing it.  And I need to hear what God has to say, especially when it makes me feel uncomfortable. If the person who harmed you was to see what they did and truly to repent, you might find it in your heart to forgive them. And those who want to do right will be there to see it. English Standard Version. New International Version He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. How much longer? Right there in the dust, this man repents and believes.  This violent man was transformed. Where do you begin in loving your enemies? We will never sell or misuse your information. That’s why so many people have come to see Christianity as a projection of human thought.  And they have rejected Christianity for this very reason.  If Christianity was only a power play by the church, then they would be right to reject it. Maybe you have been saying to yourself “I’ll think about Christianity some day.”  Think about it today.  Turn to Him in repentance, believe in His Son Jesus Christ, and follow Him.  You trust Christ because He is altogether worthy of your trust. He did so much good in three years of ministry.  Just think what He could have done in thirty years!  Yet He tells His disciples repeatedly that He came to die. This means that you have a God-given RIGHT to EXPECT to be avenged of your enemies (those who have hurt you). Romans 13: 4 (NIV) [Government] is God's servant to do you good. No one has leverage against Him. On the cross, Christ was punished for our sins. Suppose on the way home, the same boy punches a policeman on the nose.  What happens?  He finds himself in jail. To give an example, David prays in Psalm 69 against “those who hate me without cause” (Psalm 69:4). I have been studying this book all of my life, and this is the message that I find in it and that I want you to grasp.  God says, “I am who I am.  I am not whoever you want me to be.”  He speaks to us in this book so that you may find Him and know Him and enjoy Him forever. He will not leave them without help.15 Justice will return and bring fairness. We have a direct PROMISE from God that He WILL AVENGE US of those who have hurt and wronged us. You have to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.  There’s a real relationship here in which you trust that He is the Son of God.  You trust His death on the cross for the forgiveness of your sins, and you trust His resurrection power, that it is sufficient for everything you face in life and death. You must try to understand.9 God made our ears,    so surely he can hear what is happening!He made our eyes,    so surely he can see you!10 The one who disciplines nations will surely correct you. 5.  Repentance is a decisive turning from all that God calls sin to offer myself to Christ.  You may say, “How do I do that?  I know myself.  I can’t change.”. The hardest truths can produce the most tender hearts.  If you do not believe this, you will always be trying to even the score. When someone hurts you, your immediate and natural instinct will be to want to hurt them back.  Eternity hangs on this. If you would like to engage in some further study, here are key verses about God’s hatred of wicked people.  In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head” (Romans 12:20). Key Verses. “He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” 2 Thessalonians 1:8, We are given two descriptions of this punishment….  “I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man…” (1 Timothy 1:12).  I deserve this judgment, but God has shown me mercy.  And the mercy of God has transformed my life! Psalms 122:6 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. “God is just.  [He will repay those who persecute the church,] with an everlasting destruction…”  2 Thessalonians 1:6,9. If you have suffered at the hands of other people, or if someone you love has suffered as these Christians did, you will face with this great question: “How can I really believe that God is a loving God and God is a just God when so often good people suffer and those who do evil prosper?”. “They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord” (1:9). That means you can have confidence in the absolute justice of God. This is one of the hardest truths in the Bible.  But here is something I’ve discovered—the hardest truths can produce the most tender hearts.  If you grasp this most difficult of doctrines, and place yourself under this truth, God will use it to soften your heart today. When will you learn your lesson?You are so stupid! The obvious question for people who are experiencing this kind of thing is, “Where is God in all this?  How are we supposed to stand up under it?”  This is the kind of thing the people in Thessalonica were experiencing and this letter was written to give the answer.  But if we did that then we would only hear a reflection of our own preferences.  We would always be affirmed, but never challenged.  We would always be comforted, but we would never actually be changed. God, my Rock, is my safe place!23 He will punish those evil judges for the bad things they did. Power and wealth count for nothing with Him. 8 You evil people are foolish. Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, quarreling, and slander be put away from you, along with all hatred. You may have wondered, “How can one man bear the sins of many?  How can His hell on the cross remove our everlasting destruction?”  The weight of our sin is measured by the One we offended.  The value of Christ’s sacrifice is measured by the One who is offered.  This is the Son of God!  What He suffered on the cross is able to atone for all our sins forever.  No one has leverage against Him.  Power and wealth count for nothing with Him.  That means you can have confidence in the absolute justice of God.  Saul the persecutor became Paul the Apostle. In this world you will have trouble. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. And those who want to do right will be there to see it. A legitimate, biblical function of government is to punish those who do wrong. Once you understand what happened on the cross, you will say, “I must respond to this good news today!”  What does it mean to obey the Gospel? It would be very easy to come to the Bible, picking the bits that we like, and ignoring anything that makes us feel uncomfortable.  But God is just, and even though His justice may be hidden now, it will become obvious when Jesus Christ is revealed (1:8).  That means your gifts, talents, time, money, the strength of your body and the affections of your heart. Solomon writes in Ecclesiastes 8:11 , “Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” 2 You are the judge of the whole earth. Celebrate Impact: Take a bold stance with Unlocking the Bible to proclaim Christ mightily in 2021! The Lord our God will destroy them. New Living Translation.  Just as a god who is shaped by me will die with me.  Such a god cannot help you, because he or she has no existence apart from you. God loves animals.  They brought you down, and you find a certain pleasure in bringing them down.  How do you restrain the desire to even the score?  This is the Gospel by which we are saved and by which all who come to the Lord will be saved.  It is good news, not only for all of us here today, but for every person in this community. The justice of God will often not be obvious in this world.  People who do good often suffer and people who do evil often prosper. Last summer, long before we knew the date of this public launch, we planned to listen to God through 2 Thessalonians, and the verses that were read were set for today! He will destroy them because they sinned. No one will escape from the justice of God.  God knows all things.  Nothing is hidden from Him.  No one intimidates Him. “He will punish those who… do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” 2 Thessalonians 1:8. If you would like someone from our staff to call you, please include your phone number. These Bible verses on betrayal remind us that forgiveness is an important part of our spiritual … They use the law to make life hard for the people. Romans 8:28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose. You could spend your whole life shaping a god to your own liking—a god who loves what you love, a god who says what you want to hear and a god who calls you to live as you are already living.  But such a god is only a projection of you. Psalm 145:8-11 The Lord is full of loving-favor and pity, slow to anger and great in loving-kindness.  But if they just go on, with no awareness of what they have done, or worse, if they continue doing the same thing, it is very hard to have compassion. Answer: For believers in Jesus, all our sin—past, present, and future—has already been judged on the cross. God will punish “He will punish those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.” 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version. The Bible has a word for our own ideas about God—it is “idolatry.”  In ancient times, idols were made from wood, stone or metal. Here is what the Scripture says: God is just.  He will punish through everlasting destruction and those who are so punished will be shut out from the presence of the Lord, forever. 20 You don’t help crooked judges.  Again, the teaching we are considering today helps.  When you think about everlasting destruction, and what it would mean to be shut out of the presence of the Lord forever… you would not wish that on your worst enemy. They say innocent people are guilty and put them to death. God is treating you as sons,” he said ( Hebrews 12:7 ). since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, Berean Study Bible. Give proud people the punishment they deserve.3 Lord, how long will the wicked have their fun? That angry punishment was completely spent on Jesus — once for all — on the cross.  How can any sin deserve everlasting destruction?  If God is just, how can He punish like this?”, The best answer I ever heard to that question was given by a friend of mine who is a middle school pastor….  God never acts out of vindictiveness.  He always acts with justice. After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 5. “They will be punished with everlasting destruction” (1:9). Asaph comes to understand that a time will come when, “in a moment,” God will “destroy those who destroy the earth,” as John states it in Revelation 11:18.  But idols in our times are more sophisticated.  They are not metal, they are mental.  We hammer out our own ideas of who we think God is and what we want him to be like in our own mind.  He was shut out from the presence of God. John 16:33 I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have peace. “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Matthew 5:44, Anyone who has suffered at the hands of another person, as we all have in some way, will hear this and say, “Love him?  Love her?  How is that possible?”. I will save my hurt people and bring back those who were forced to leave. I think God teaches lessons over time and sometimes that may require punishing and other it may require forgiveness or forgetfulness. Suppose some years later, the very same boy is in a crowd waiting to see the President of the United States.  As the President passes by, the boy lunges forward to punch the President.  What happens? 5 Lord, they hurt your people and make them suffer. Instead, ask God to help you trust in those who only want great things for you. Christ stopped him in his tracks with a blinding light and an audible voice, “Saul, Saul why do you persecute me!” (Acts 9:4).  The risen Christ was saying, “Saul, your real fight is not with Christians, or with churches.  The conflict that’s going on in your soul is a fight against Me!”. But what if God was, before us?  What if God is, without us?  And what if God always will be, despite us?  What if God is not dependent on us, but we are dependent on Him? The one who is victorious will not be hurt at all by the second death.  It is on this foundation that God says, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. Therefore, for those who accept Christ as Lord and Savior, the punishment for sin is no longer upon us.  Now the Spirit of God is on him giving him these words to write to the church. So, what did he feel as he wrote this? God hates the workers of iniquity (Psalm 5:5) God hates the wicked (Psalm 11:5) God hates the sacrifices of the wicked (Proverbs 15:8) God hates the ways of the wicked (Proverbs 15:9) No sin will be punished in a way that is disproportionate to the offense. Bible > 2 Thessalonians > Chapter 1 > Verse 8 2 Thessalonians 1:8 Parallel Verses. You will help them until the wicked are put in their graves. How much longer?4 How much longer will those criminals    brag about the evil they did?5 Lord, they hurt your people    and make them suffer.6 They kill widows and foreigners living in our country. In his justice he will pay back those who persecute you. I have overcome the world. Question: "Does God punish us when we sin?" They murder orphans.7 And they say the Lord does not see them doing these evil things! God, come punish them.2 You are the judge of the whole earth. In Jesus’ Name, Amen. Lord, So if they were punished wouldnt it be like being punished all over again. No one intimidates Him. God Will Punish Those Who Destroy the Earth/Animals? Jesus Christ came into the world because there is a future catastrophe that you need saving from. And be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving … “This Week at Unlocking the Bible” features new articles, radio programs, devotionals, and ministry updates, Colin Smith is the Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical…, Staying the Course (When You're Tired of the Battle). 6. He cries out to God, Let their own table before them become a snare; and when they are at peace, let it become a trap. 3 Lord, how long will the wicked have their fun?  God will deal with this.  You can leave it to Him. I will give them praise and honor everywhere, even in places where they suffered shame. Suppose a middle school student punches another student in class.  What happens?  The student is given a detention. He knows that their thoughts are like a puff of wind. 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