LESS TOLERABLE FOR THE UNITED STATES
Pastor J. C. O’Hair
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Let us read in Mark 6:11 the solemn words of the Lord Jesus Christ, Who is going to be revealed in flaming fire for vengeance upon them who will not have Him as Saviour, (II Thessalonians 1:7 to 10), being assured that this awful judgment is rapidly approaching:
“And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence,
shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say
unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of
judgment, than for that city.” (Mark 6:11).
Compare with this His awful pronouncement upon Capernaum in very much the same
language. The Lord referred to the mighty works that He had done in their
midst. According to historians, terrible destruction fell upon Capernaum; but
the words meant more terrible judgment than the destruction of that
Christ-rejecting city. (Hebrews 9:27). (Luke 10:13 to 15).
Let us compare Genesis 19:24 and 25 and II Peter 2:6: “Then the Lord rained
upon Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord of heaven: And He
overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the
cities, and that which grew upon the ground.”
A more terrible judgment than God’s upon Sodom and Gomorrah was pronounced upon
the people, who would not hear and heed the messages which Christ proclaimed by
His messengers. That fire and brimstone destruction of Gomorrah was an example
of the “fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Christ died to
deliver us from God’s wrath to come. Read Hebrews 10:29 to 32 - I Thessalonians
1:9 and 10. Then read II Peter 2:6 with II Thessalonians 1:7 to 10.
Why more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah? Sodom and Gomorrah did not have a
visit from the incarnate God, the Lord Jesus Christ. They did not see the
mighty works of the Son of God and hear Him speak as never man spake. Think of
it; the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed about 1900 B.C. That was
more than 500 years before Moses was directed to write Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy, the first five Books of the Bible. The
inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah did not have God’s written revelation.
They
had the revelation of God in Creation (Romans 1:18 to 30). They had the law
written in their hearts. (Romans 2:15). Just imagine the people of the United
States without a line of the Bible and never having heard of Christ, His
teaching, death and resurrection.
Surely Lot’s testimony was about worthless. What other prophets did they have?
Compare our spiritual privileges and spiritual opportunities with those of
Sodom.
If they were without excuse (Romans 1:20), think of the inhabitants of
Capernaum and Jerusalem after 4000 years of God’s dealings with man. They had
the thirty-nine inspired Books, the Holy Scriptures, and then a visit of their
own Divine, eternal Jehovah, Who proved by fulfilling the Scriptures and by
miracles, signs and wonders, and by speaking as never man spake, His unity and
equality with God. He proved to His friends that He was Israel’s promised
Messiah. Sodom and Gomorrah had little Divine light compared with Israel in the
days of Christ.
Note what Christ declared by Paul some years later: “And the times of this
ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent.”
Acts 17:30. Compare this with Hebrews 10:28 to 33.
This age will end in the most terrible judgment this earth has ever known
(Matthew 24:21 to 24).
Now the United States has all that Capernaum had and also the complete
revelation of God in the Bible, 1900 years of Christianity, and in this country
think of the gospel by radio, the Bill of Rights. No nation has ever been
blessed with such spiritual privileges and opportunities as has this country.
It will be less tolerable for the people who live in the United States in the
day of God’s wrath than for the inhabitants of Sodom or Capernaum. Wake up!
stupid sinner and sleeping saints.
This is THE GOSPEL!
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing Christ DIED for YOU
SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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