Sentences with phrase «god punishing the wicked»

The Hebrews knew very well that God punishes wicked harsh masters and frees slaves.

The fact is, while the Bible certainly speaks of God punishing the wicked, no single passage on judgment can compete with the scope and size of John's description of redemption.

Not exact matches

Psalm 10:4 The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes].

(Ecclesiastes 9:11) Remember God would not punish the wicked with the righteous.

Classical theists might hold instead that God brings about the triumph of good without punishing the wicked and destroying nature.

They are confident that they understand the workings of God's justice; the good are rewarded in this life and the wicked are punished.

It is Abraham, not God, who introduces the punishment of destruction; God was still investigating, but Abraham, far from shrinking from punishing the wicked, is the one who suggests it.

Or are we teaching them, like Jonah, that God is vengeful and angry, loves to punish and destroy, and sends suffering and pain upon the wicked?

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

Rewards and punishments are both at the disposal of God who will reward the good and punish the wicked.

A naïve theory of the justice of God developed so far as to assert that what a man deserves happens to him; God rewards the good and punishes the wicked.

Habakkuk is puzzled that God would use wicked Babylon to punish the sins of Judah, but he confidently predicts that in the end those whom Babylon has plundered will plunder Babylon (Hab.

My take is the book is a diatribe against the theology «God blesses good people and punishes the wicked with suffering!»

Even if we can defend from Scripture the idea that God does sometimes send storms, it is much more difficult to defend the idea that God sends storms and natural disasters to punish wicked sinners.

The relation to God is thus conceived as a legal contract relation; God must reward the righteous and punish the wicked.

The fundamental silliness of a God who predestines us to be wicked and then punishes or rewards us everlastingly for doing what it has always been settled that we do is wonderfully set forth.

Or maybe you take a more active stance toward your enemies and gossip about them, spread lies about them, turn them into the police when they do something wrong, and pray that God will punish them for their wicked ways.