Mercy
What is Mercy? Mercy is often taught, no… drilled into our psyches, that “God is not giving you what you deserve.” Ever hear that? Ugh! It’s very popular in the more punitive view of the gospel. Yet it is another one of those statements we...
The Truth Project
Gathers reflections on God's mercy, compassion, forgiveness, and the way mercy relates to justice and judgment.
What is Mercy? Mercy is often taught, no… drilled into our psyches, that “God is not giving you what you deserve.” Ever hear that? Ugh! It’s very popular in the more punitive view of the gospel. Yet it is another one of those statements we...
Those whom God has “imprisoned” in disobedience – the vessels of wrath whom he endures with much patience – are precisely those to whom he is merciful. By literally shutting sinners up to their disobedience and requiring them to endure the...
Isaiah 26:9; Hebrews 12:29; Malachi 3:3; 1 Peter 1:7; Matthew 3:12; 1 Corinthians 3:13; Revelation 20:12; Romans 2:6
1. God's Judgment Brings Righteousness — Not Eternal Torment“When Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.”— Isaiah 26:9God does not destroy to annihilate — He judges to teach. His fire is not...