Covenant Reformed News – October 2016 • Volume XVI, Issue 6
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines the doctrine of God's longsuffering through a comprehensive biblical survey of Old Testament and New Testament passages, demonstrating how this divine attribute is consistently presented alongside God's grace, mercy, and compassion. The author provides detailed exegetical analysis of key texts from the Pentateuch, historical books, Psalms, and prophetic books to establish that God's longsuffering is a particular manifestation of His sovereign grace. This resource would be valuable for those seeking a careful, biblically-grounded exploration of God's character and attributes within the Reformed theological tradition.
God’s Longsuffering—Particular and in Himself In the last three issues of the News, we have surveyed all the biblical references to God’s longsuffering. We have observed from both the Old Testament (the historical books, the Psalms and the prophets) and the New Testament (the gospels and the epistles) that Jehovah’s longsuffering is particular. First, God’s longsuffering is seen to be particular because it is found amidst references to His grace, mercy and kindness. This is the case in all...