Matthew Ch 23 Vs 34-39 - The Patience of God (Episode 509)

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The Patience of God (Matthew 23:34-39)

If I were to ask you to list some of the characteristics of God, the attributes of God, what would you say. I suspect that most people might start the list with things like God is holy, or God is loving, or God is just, or God is merciful, and indeed all of those are correct and are in fact, they are direct quotes from scripture. But there are some other attributes that don’t get as much attention for example the scriptures also teaches that God of all things is patient. Who thought of that one, and what does that mean for us? Well today I want us to look at a passage that although it doesn’t mention the word patience it still illustrates the fact that God is indeed patient, immeasurably patient.

There are also some other things illustrated in this passage about God, more than just his patience, and all these things I believe we will discover are extremely important to us as individuals. As a matter of fact, some of the principles in this passage could affect that decisions that you make even today and certainly ought to affect decisions you make throughout your life in the future. 

Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city, and upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. Assuredly, I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation.

 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the one who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! See! Your house is left to you desolate; for I say to you, you shall see Me no more till you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!’ ”  (Matthew 23: 34-39)

The main subject of this passage of scripture is actually the judgment of God. In the opening verses it talks about the fact that God has been patient in performing that judgement but then the Lord talks about the reason for the judgment, and he concludes with talking about the time of the judgment.

In the opening verse, it’s important that you notice that he says you will kill he’s not talking about at this point messengers that were sent to Israel in the Old Testament he’s talking about the messengers God’s is going to send from this point forward. He says that he’s going to send prophets, wise men, and scribes but what they are going to do is they’re going to kill and crucify them, some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city. What Jesus is predicting here was what many say was in part, fulfilled in the book of Acts, for there we see several were killed and martyred. In the book of acts and were given their stories, Stephen was the first to be martyred and others follow. Also, in the book of James, he also mentions persecution and certainly the Apostle Paul was persecuted as w

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