Jehovah Nakah

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Jehovah Nakah

Amos 5:15 Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

God hates sin because He is holy

Ezekiel 7:1-9

The word smiteth means to slay, strike, or to kill.I. Jehovah-Nakah reveals Gods severity and judgement upon sin.Eph 4:26 Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:

Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.

A. God blesses for obedience and chastises for disobedienceDeuteronomy 28:1-2 / 15-22 / 27-28B. God hates the sin of idolatry to the point of angerI Kings 14:15C. Israel was smitten for not harkening to the voice of GodLeviticus 26: 14, 18, 21, 24, 27, 28II. Jehovah-Nakah never smites until his mercy and longsuffering are exhaustedA. God will judge but He is patient and longsuffering with man2 Peter 3:8-11B. God will not always tolerate mans wickednessGen 6:3 And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.

Gen 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Gen 6:13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.

C. God smote the Egyptians because of Pharoahs stubborn heartExo 3:20 And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go.

III. Jehovah-Nakah is to be greatly feared by those who walk contrary to His wordA. The Lord chastises His people for their own goodHebrews 12:6-11B. He does not chastise the unsaved when His longsuffering is exhausted but rather punishes

Ephesians 1:7-9

Rev 19:15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.

God chastises His people, but punishes the unsaved.

Micah 7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.