To Fall into the Hands of the Living God - 5/4/08am

Exodus 20:4-5 -The Lord is a jealous God
Hebrews 10:31 -A terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God

God does not change
Many seek to make a differentiation between the “God of the Old Testament” and the “God of the New Testament.” I say that this is not so. The same God that lives today is the same God that lived in the time of Abraham. And what He detested then, He detests now. As He kept promises then, He keeps promises now.
Malachi 3:6 -God does not change
Hebrews 13:8 -Jesus is always the same
James 1:17 -There is no variation with God

Examples of God’s punishment
Let us look at passages in the Bible, and see how God deals with those who oppose Him and fail to serve Him as they should!
Genesis 6:1-7 -God repents of having made man
Genesis 18:20-33 -How many righteous men in Sodom?
Genesis 19:15-25 -God destroys Sodom and Gomorrah
Genesis 38:7 -God kills Er for being wicked
Leviticus 10:1-2 -Nadab and Abihu offer strange fire
Numbers 16:16-35 -God destroys Korah’s rebellion
Numbers 16:41-50 -God destroys those who murmur about Korah’s death
II Samuel 6:6-7 -God smites Uzzah
II Samuel 24:10-17 -God kills 70,000 for David’s sin
II Kings 1:9-12 -God kills those who seek to capture Elijah
II Kings 2:23-25 -God kills the mocking youths
And just so that no one thinks it is only in the Old Testament:
Acts 5:1-11 -Ananias and Sapphira

Promises of God’s punishment
God does not change. He is the same God as when He performed all these punishments. And what we have today is the same promise: punishment for sin.
Luke 12:4-5 -Fear He who can cast you into hell
Mark 9:42-48 -Hell, where the worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched
Revelation 20:11-15 -The lake of fire, which is the second death
II Thessalonians 1:3-10 -Punishment for those who do not obey or know the gospel
Are you in danger of God’s wrath and punishment? Will you not now repent and put away your sin, that you can avoid it? Will you not come to know Christ, and to obey the gospel in baptism?