I skipped Hezekiah. Not that I did not have anything to say. But I got busy.
Manasseh was twice cursed because he led the people astray into sinful abominations. It is repeated in great detail the horrors that he committed. This is done so that later enemies could not say, "God abandoned you." No the opposite, God was gracious to withhold his hand but eventually he did judge and punish them as they deserved.
When God punishes us it is for our own good. But it is also so that scoffers around us cannot say, "That guy professes to be a Christian yet look at how he lives? And God just lets him be."
God is patient but he is not mocked.
Paul states it so well in Romans 6:15. Shall grace be an excuse for us to sin? To do what we want? Shall we act selfishly and sinfully and then say, "God is loving. He will overlook it."? MAY IT NEVER BE! GOD FORBID!
God loves us. Let us love him back enough to strive to act well, lovingly. Love our fellow man. Well we see a friend in need, let us help him all we can. We do not know who is looking and taking their cues from our behavior.
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