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Tag Archives: mercy
The Steadfast and Trustworthy Love of God
Job 9:32-35 (NIV): [God] is not a mere mortal like me that I might answer him, that we might confront each other in court. If only there were someone to mediate between us, someone to bring us together, someone to … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Rebuilding the Foundations
Tagged 1 Timothy 2:5, Exodus 34:6-7, God's love, Isaiah 1:16-20, Job 9:32-35, love of God, Mediator, mercy
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God Has Always Been Merciful (Rebuilding the Foundations)
I haven’t posted in over a month. I have been trying to listen to God’s guidance for the rest of my life. A lot of things have changed that have given us more free time and less responsibilities. I have … Continue reading
Posted in Gospel, Rebuilding the Foundations
Tagged good works, judgment, mercy, mercy of God, penal substitutionary atonement
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Aphiemi: Release or Forgive?
It is hard to forgive someone who did not repent. It is hard to understand even why we should. In fact, some who have wronged us are happy to have wronged us and are not looking to be forgiven. We … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Holiness
Tagged aphiemi, forgiveness, Lord's prayer, Matthew 18 23-35, Matthew 6, mercy, parable of unforgiving steward, release
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Psalm 73: Finding Answers in the Sanctuary of God
All Scripture in today’s post is taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (I actually went through this post and counted the words I quoted from the NKJV … Continue reading
Posted in Bible
Tagged envy, foolishness, grace, ignorance, mercy, psalm 73, sanctuary of God, throne of grace, wisdom
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Faultless Before His Throne
A friend of mine from England commented on a recent post. He feels condemned a lot when I write. If you do too, I can’t write things that are less convicting, but I can share how I deal with conviction. … Continue reading
How Do We Prepare for the Judgment?
If we are judged by our works, and if sinless perfection is not the standard, what is? That question is reserved for the Judge of All, but he gives us descriptions that we need to take into account. My next … Continue reading
What Jesus Paid For
In the last post, Custom Shoe Arches and the Bible, I talked about it being easier to find what is NOT true than to find what is true. I then showed from just one passage that Jesus did not pay … Continue reading
Posted in Evangelicals, Modern Doctrines, Protestants
Tagged atonement, forgiveness, Jesus paid the price, mercy, purchased, ransomed, redeemed
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Rebuilding the Foundations: The Just Judgment of God
“ButterintheField,” whose comments have occasionally led me to create a post, has reminded me in a comment that I had better finish up at least one part of the Rebuilding the Foundations series. I stopped doing this project on the … Continue reading
Posted in Rebuilding the Foundations
Tagged judgment, mercy, Rebuilding the Foundations, sinless perfection
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Good Works, Immortality, and So Much More!
In the last post we saw that Jesus came to make it possible to do good works and thus inherit eternal life. This is not all Jesus came to do. God’s plan turns out to be much, much greater than … Continue reading
Through the Bible: Luke 1:76-80, Repentance and Atonement
Note: This is a very long post. I think it the subject is worth the length of the post. Therefore, I will wait at least three days to post the next one. If you are going through the Bible with … Continue reading
