God does not sit ANYTHING out!
Speak of God with an understanding of His infinite unadulterated power!
In the movie The Punisher, one of my favourites, the main character Frank Castle/Thomas Jane said, “God is going to sit this one out." This statement is dishonouring to the Almighty and denies one of His deity attributes. Moreover, it slights Him and presents Him as irrelevant. The Bible teaches that God is sovereign. This means that God is in FULL control of all things at all times. Isaiah 45:7, “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.” “The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD” (Proverbs 16:33). Lamentations 3:37, “Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?”
A better line would be: “Unless God kills me, I’m goin’ to do me some punishing.” Even better yet, speak nothing about God unless it is done with fear, of Him, and Biblical soundness. Jonathan Hensleigh and Michael France would do well to consider what they pitch about the The God of Israel for He is the only true God. This not a small matter. Nothing pertaining to the One who has given us a heartbeat is a small matter! Again, God sits nothing out! Even when we think we are in control, we are not. Yes, we still do our part. But without God permitting or directing nothing happens whether it be good or evil! Had God stopped Thomas’ heart on set, The Punisher would not be!
In real life, in our past, present, and future earthly world and life beyond, the Lord Jesus is the true and enduring Punisher! By way of example, during the 7-year Great Tribulation, He will release specially designed and created locusts to torment men and women for 5 months. Revelation 9:5 & 10: “And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.” In light of this true and enduring Punisher, let our entertaining Punisher and his team heed the foregoing cautions.