Covenant Reformed News – January 2017 • Volume XVI, Issue 9
This article from Covenant Reformed News examines God's longsuffering attribute as displayed toward His elect people, using Old Testament examples—particularly Israel's sins at Mount Sinai and Kadesh—to demonstrate how God's patience and grace sustained His covenant people despite their repeated rebellion and unfaithfulness. The piece emphasizes God's sovereign, merciful governance of His people throughout their history, drawing on biblical narratives from Exodus, Numbers, and Nehemiah to illustrate this divine attribute.
God’s Longsuffering and the Sins of His Elect Having considered the reprobate ungodly in the last issue of the Covenant Reformed News, we now turn to Scripture’s teaching on the divine attribute of longsuffering with regard to the sins of God’s people in Jesus Christ. Think of the terrible transgressions of the nation of Israel in the Old Testament! These included their lewd idolatry with the golden calf at Mount Sinai (Ex. 32-34) and their stubborn refusal at Kadesh to enter the promised...