The Covenant Presence Retracted, Part 3

In the present age, sin is described as a “passing pleasure,” Heb. 11:25. Yet in the age to come, when the non-Christian is left to reap the wages of his sin in full, that state is a horrible place where, “...their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched,” Mk. 9:48. So what’s the difference? What is it about this current age that makes sin pleasurable? The Presence of God’s grace (cf. Rom. 2:4)!

In the case of the Christian, how ought God to respond when one of His children holds a cavalier attitude toward sin? One who knows “the wages of sin” and yet thinks nothing of indulging in it? We would expect nothing less than God lifting His grace and allowing the sinning Christian to get a fuller taste of his sin (cf. Judges 10:13; Ps. 81:11-12; 2 Chron. 24:20)!