So how are we to “regard the patience of the Lord as
salvation” while worrying about “the rest of the world is toast thief in the
night day of the Lord?” Even if we are confident of our own reserved seat in the
forever future we can hardly sit still when it comes to those for whom God’s
infinite patience will one day run out. Lives of holiness and godliness are
only holy and godly in so much as they are lived for the sake of those who do
not know the peace and patience of God. And so God’s desire that none perish
may dove tail with our own – at least for the “none” that we know – which is
why waiting patiently is not the same as waiting passively.
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