What the Bible says about God's Tolerance Designed to Lead us to Repentance
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ecclesiastes 8:12-13 Solomon had enough wisdom to understand that, in the end, such evildoers would be punished. The wheels of God's justice may work slowly, but they work and never stop working. Perhaps the supreme folly of all is that man deceives himself—that because it is customary for God to be patient, longsuffering, slow to anger, and forbearing, we forget that His tolerance is designed to lead us to repentance. Instead of taking advantage of His patience and coming to Him in humility for forgiveness, we tend to continue to revolt through sin. The supreme folly of a converted person is to delude himself that somehow he can get away with sin. The Old Testament, far from being a record of a belligerent and wrathful God, is actually a revelation of extreme patience, mercy, and grace. John W. Ritenbaugh Justice and Grace Related Topics: God's Forbearance | God's Forbearance Meant to Lead us to Repentance | God's Longsuffering | God's Longsuffering Leads us to Repentance | God's Patience | God's Patience Designed to Lead us to Repentance | Humility | Repentance | Repentance, Motivation For | Self Deception

 

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