Jehovah Jealous and an Avenger.
J. N. Darby.
1903 208 This is ever true, and of immense importance. God never holds the guilty for innocent. It is contrary to His nature, and would not be the truth. He may put away the sin, and receive the sinner cleansed; but He cannot act as if it did not exist when it does, nor be indifferent to it while He remains Himself. He may chastise for good, and show government (that is, deal with sin in this respect); or He may have it entirely put away and blotted out, according to the exigencies of His own nature and glory, which is salvation for us. And both are true. But He cannot leave sin anywhere as not existing or indifferent. His coming vengeance will be the world's deliverance from the oppressive misery of the enemy's yoke and of human lusts; that it may flourish under the peaceful eye of its Deliverer.
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