Habacuque 1

Habacuque 1

Vernon McGee - The people of Judah apparently felt that they were God’s little pets and that He would not punish them for their sins. Probably the first time they did something evil they were apprehensive, wondering if God would punish them. When He did nothing, they assumed that He hadn’t noticed or didn’t care. In (Ec8:11) Solomon notes that “Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil.” Human nature does not change. The sins which were committed undercover in the backyard are now done openly in the front yard. Does that change the fact that sin is wrong in the sight of God and that He is going to judge every sin? No, God has not changed His standards or His procedures. Even though His execution against an evil work is not performed speedily, His judgment is sure to come eventually.In our day very few people believe in the judgment of God. They feel like Habakkuk did when he saw his nation getting worse and worse until sin was flagrant and God was doing nothing about it. Don’t you feel that way about conditions as they are? Is God doing anything about it today? It doesn’t look as if He is. He even let a group of theologians up in New England come up with the idea a few years ago that God was dead. What they actually meant was that there is no God and there has never been a God. What made them arrive at such a conclusion? It is because they don’t see Him interfering in the affairs of men today. But isn’t He interfering? Isn’t God overruling in the affairs of mankind today? He permitted us to go through a period of affluence, and folk became careless—even God’s people became careless. Now we are in such a state that we wonder how much longer we are going to survive as a nation. Matthew