06-28-2009 Exploring His Excellencies - His Mercy

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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.

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