Be angry! And sin not! Ephesians 4:26 Not so easy, huh? The basic virtue is the fear of God. This is the beginning of all wisdom and the fear of God = passionate hatred of sin and intense thirst and hunger for righteousness. (Proverbs 1:7,Proverbs 8:13, Matthew 5:6) I don’t know about you but every […]
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MERCY
GOD’S AMAZING GIFT MERCY-helping me benefit from the consequences of sin, mine and others sin. (Freedom from the penalty of sin.) . First he takes on himself the consequences that would destroy me. Like a good parent with a child that has disobediently broken a $2000 window, he pays the part of the debt I […]
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GRACE MERCY AND PEACE
Grace, mercy and peace are three things that: I desperately need from God in order to deal with my SIN However I could not earn any of them, so it is must be a free undeserved GIFT from God to me. Mercy is God helping me BENEFIT from the consequences of my sin and others […]
God’s ways never lead to sin, but my response to them can be to sin more. As in Paul’s day where they argued that if their sin led to God pouring out grace which made God look good, then how could he be mad at them for sinning? Maybe I should sin so that grace […]
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TRYING TO “FIX” MESSED UP PEOPLE
When my ways please the Lord, He makes even my enemies to be at peace with me! Prov. 16:7 Agape love means, “Seeking the best interest of the other person regardless of the cost to myself.” If there is someone in my life who is doing things which are wrong, according to my understanding of […]
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