Abandoned To Sin
Ho 4:17 "Ephraim is joined to idols, Let him alone.
God has no obligation to save sinners. When He saves, it is always from a gracious heart. Salvation is His undeserved favor to a sinner, not His duty to a sinner.
As such, He can justly leave and abandon a stubborn sinner to his sins, after exercising long-suffering and patience. God does not always strive with man to bring him to repentance. A time comes in a stubborn sinner's life that God withdraws from him and abandons him to his sin.
Re 22:11 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still..."
Ro 1:24 "...God also gave them up to uncleanness..."
Ro 1:26 "...God gave them up to vile passions..."
Ro 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting
As someone said: "There are two kinds of people in the world today. Those who say to God: 'Your will be done' and those to whom God says: 'Your will be done.'"
Know that it is God who grants repentance (see 2 Tim. 2:25). The reason why any sinner can repent is because of God's granting. He illumines your mind, He grants you the desire to repent and frees up your will in bondage to sin and grants you the ability to repent.
But if you stubbornly refuse to repent, God can justly remove these things and He will leave you to the sin you have chosen and embraced.
Do you still feel the tug in your heart to repent? Do you have this desire to repent and come to Christ in repentance and faith? Don't put it off. Don't delay. You maybe a step away from crossing the red line.
