4272—THE WARNING MESSAGE TO SODOM
From Matt. 11:23 it seems that God did not do all He could to save Sodom. Can God be negligent? It was impossible that the same works should have been done in Sodom that were done in Capernaum, for Capernaum had the Saviour dwelling in person right in its gates. He could not have come to Sodom in the same way that He came to Capernaum, and still have carried out His plan of salvation. Why He planned as He did will be one of the themes for study throughout eternity. But the Lord is not negligent. He is "merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy." Ps. 103:8. He is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9), and He uses every means in divine power to save men; and in the great day of Judgment the light that men have received, and also the light that they have rejected, will be taken into account. Therefore He says, "It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of Judgment," than for Capernaum. Questions of this character may sometimes puzzle us, but it is not vital that we learn how to solve all of them now. The individual who connects with Christ has all eternity before him in which to see and understand the depths of God's wisdom in His great plan of salvation.