Correct your beloved ones while there is time (Isaiah 55:6)

[Leonardo Von]

Correct your beloved ones while there is time (Isaiah 55:6):

•    “Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.” (Pro 11:31)

If the righteous, making a little mistake, is punished in virtue of it, how much more those who bring great evil to the society:

•    “And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?” (1Pe 4:18).

Of course, we need to look on what Job said:

•    “Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.” (Job 21:7-13).

Apparently, it seems that everything goes well with the wicked. Asaph thought something like that (see Psalms 73:1-16), until that he entered into the sanctuary of the Creator. When he did this, finally he figured out:

•    “Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.” (Psa 73:18,19).

The same comprehension had Zophar:

•    “Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.” (Job 20:7-9).

However, we can’t charge the Creator for not punishing the wicked while our disobedience is not outright fulfilled:

•    “They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.” (Hosea 4:13,14).
•    “And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.” (2Cor 10:6).

Furthermore, it comes the question: are we ready to revenge ALL disobedience, or only the disobedience of people strange to us? Our priority should be the opposite: helping people we love to get rid of the sin, since its salary is death (Rom 6:23).

So, have a good day punishing all disobedience in the life of people around you and having humbleness to accept people correct you. Certainly. it comes from the Creator (Proverbs 3:11-12; Hebrews 12:5-11).
 

[Who me]

9 hours ago, Leonardo Von said:

, have a good day punishing all disobedience in the life of people around you

 

Do you live in the real world, interacting with real people, with real needs, problems etc, or are you shut away in your room never going out?

 

You say WE are to Punish disobedience in people who live around us!  Don't you know that it is God who will judge the living and the dead, who will reward or punish according to his justice and mercy.

 

No where in the bible does he tell us to judge and punish other people.

 

 

In the OT he pronounce judgement on people and used other people to enact his punishment.

 

He has not done this  for our times, you do not have the authority to pronounce judgement and punishment on people you don't know.