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Exploring HisExcellencies
He is MercifulJohn Isaacs
June 28, 2009Kingsway Community Church
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What isGod like?Who is
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God is who theBible (in itstotality)
reveals Him to
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The Bible Reveals
God To Be 1. Good
2. Powerful3. Wise
4. Eternal5. Holy
6. Just
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JusticeWhen a personreceives
what is due.
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JusticeWhatever Godwills is Just.
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Just He is originally just.It begins with Him.
He is essentially just.It is His nature.
He is infinitely just.You cant measure His holiness.
He is immutably just.
He has never been more or less.
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1 Peter 4:5
But remember that theywill have to face God,
who willjudge everyone,
both the living and thedead.
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JudgmentGod distributes
rewards andpunishments.
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Job 37:23
We cannot imagine thepower of the Almighty;
but even though He
isjust and righteous,He does not destroy us.
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Lamentations 3:21-23But this I call to mind, andtherefore I have hope: The
steadfast love of the LORDnever ceases;His mercies
never come to an end; they arenewevery morning; great is
your faithfulness.
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Godis
Merciful
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MercyNot receiving
the punishmentwe deserve.
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MercyThecompassionate
outward
manifestation
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MercyDoesnt considerwhat a man
deserves but looks
at what he needs
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Exodus 34:1-101The LORD said to Moses, "Cutfor yourself two tablets of stone
like the first,and I will write onthe tablets the words that were
on the first tablets,
which youbroke. 2Be ready by the
morning, and come up in
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont.the morning to Mount Sinai, andpresent yourself there to meon
the top of the mountain. 3Noone shall come up with you,
and let no one be seenthroughout all the mountain. Let
no flocks or herds graze
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont.opposite that mountain." 4SoMoses cut two tablets of stone
like the first. And he rose earlyin the morning and went up on
Mount Sinai, as the LORD hadcommanded him, and took in
his hand two tablets of
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont.stone. 5The LORDdescended inthe cloud and stood with him
there, and
proclaimed the nameof the LORD. 6The LORD
passed before him andproclaimed,"The LORD, the
LORD, a God merciful and
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont.gracious, slow to anger, andabounding in steadfastlove
and faithfulness,7
keepingsteadfast love for thousands,
forgiving iniquity andtransgression and sin, but
who will by no means clear the
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont.guilty,visiting the iniquity of thefathers on the children and the
childrens children, to the thirdand the fourth generation.8
And Moses quickly
bowed hishead toward the earth and
worshiped. 9And he said,
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Exodus 34:1-10 cont."If now I have found favor inyour sight, O Lord, pleaselet
the Lord go in the midst of us,forit is a stiff-necked people,
and pardon our iniquity and oursin, and take us foryour
inheritance."
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God Reveals Himself
1. Merciful and Gracious2. Slow to Anger
3. Abounding in SteadfastLove and Faithfulness
4. Unwavering Love5. Forgiving Iniquity,Transgression and Sin
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ForgivingIniquity,
Transgression,and
Sin
Unwaverin
g
Love
MercifulandGracious
Slow
to
Anger
Abounding in Steadfast Love
and Faithfulness
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Exodus 34:7
But who will by no meansclear the guilty, visiting the
iniquity of the fathers on thechildren and the childrens
children, to the third and thefourth generation.
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Joel 2:12-1312 "Yet even now," declares theLORD, "return to Me with all
your heart, with fasting, withweeping, and with mourning;13
and
rend your hearts and not
your garments. Return to the
LORD your God, for He is
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Joel 2:12-13 (cont.)gracious and merciful, slow toanger, and abounding in
steadfast love; and he relentsover disaster.
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Jonah 3:10 4:210 When God saw what they did,how they turned from their evil
way, God relented of thedisaster that he had said he
would do to them, and he didnot do it. 4:1 But it displeased
Jonah exceedingly,andhe was
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Jonah 3:10 4:2 cont
angry. 2And he prayed to theLORD and said, "O LORD, is
not this what I said when I wasyet in my country?That is why I
made haste to flee to Tarshish;for I knew that you are a
gracious God and merciful,
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Jonah 3:10 4:2 cont
slow to anger and abounding insteadfast love, and relenting
from disaster.
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Forgiveness
1. Gods mercy is for
the repentant.2. Gods judgment is
for the unrepentant.
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GraceReceiving a
reward that wedidnt earn.
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Eph. 2:4-74 But God, who is rich inmercy, because of His
great love with which Heloved us, 5 even when we
were dead in trespasses,made us alive together with
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Eph. 2:4-7 (cont)
Christ (by grace you havebeen saved), 6 and
raised us up together, andmade us sit together in the
heavenlyplaces in ChristJesus, 7 that in the ages to
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Eph. 2:4-7 (cont)
come He might show theexceeding riches ofHis
grace in His kindnesstoward us in Christ Jesus.
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ForgivingIniquity,
Transgression,and
Sin
Unwaverin
gLove
MercifulandGracious
Slow
to
Anger
Abounding in Steadfast Love
and Faithfulness
Jesus
Christ
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We are to begracious andmerciful to
others.
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Matthew 5:7
Blessed arethe merciful, forthey shall receive mercy.
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James 2:13
Forjudgment is withoutmercy to one who has
shown no mercy. Mercytriumphs over judgment.
Sh i M
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Showing Mercy
1. Gracious and kind to thedowntrodden.
2. Giving to those in need.3. Praying for the lost.
4. Sharing the GoodNews about the love ofChrist.