God’s judgment upon the impenitent
Miersma defends the biblical doctrine of God's eternal judgment against sinners, arguing that faithful preaching must proclaim the reality of divine justice and punishment rather than accommodate modern sensibilities that deny God's wrath. The article appeals to Psalm 7 and Ezekiel 3 to demonstrate that warning sinners of judgment is a pastoral duty, not an abuse of the pulpit, and critiques both the excessive emphasis on terror in some Puritan preaching and the modern tendency to completely suppress this doctrine.
If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. Psalm 7:12, 13 These words picture the absolute certainty of God's judgment upon the sinner. They also tell us how fierce and terrible that judgment is. God has a sword, a sword of justice, and with it He will punish man on account of his sin. The instruments wherewith God will inflict this judgment and which...
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