The Nature of God's Mercy

IOI CHRISTIAN MORNING MEAL

TOPIC: THE NATURE OF GOD'S MERCY

When the psalmist says the Lord is merciful, he is drawing from the 34th chapter of Exodus, where God revealed Himself to Moses on Mount Sinai.
On that occasion, God passed by Moses on the mountain, proclaiming, The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands. The Psalmist is simply repeating what was revealed then. The Lord is merciful and gracious. There is no question that God is merciful.
That raises some rather interesting questions. If we use the definition of mercy as compassionate treatment of those who are in distress,

what is so distressful about us?
Why is Gods mercy so often spoken of in connection with his slowness to anger?
Why would God be angry with those in distress?

Let me take a moment to show you how Scripture couples Gods mercy with slowness to anger.
We have it here in Psalm 103:8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger. We have it again in Jeremiah 3:12, I am merciful, says the Lord; I will not remain angry forever. And in Joel 2:13, The Lord your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger.

Our questions are answered in Hebrews 8:12 where God says I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more. Our sin is what puts us in distress. God has declared it to be worthy of death. The sinner must perish; he is lost. God gets angry with sin because it is disobedience to His will and a denial of His goodness. Sin causes great distress for us; it angers God, and our only hope is found in Gods mercy and readiness to treat sinners compassionately. That is the nature of Gods mercy.

But when God's mercy speaks, we are forgiven, we are clean and the blood of Jesus clean us from all sins by his mercy.

LET US PRAY
In Jesus Name, mercy of God will clean your past mistake that us troubling your present life in Jesus Name

Invite you to join us in WONDER HOUR This Saturday at D God father lodge No 22 Adegbola street ikeja along Lagos. 9:00am

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