Gods Mercy Forgives 103 3 11 12 Forgives
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God’s Mercy Forgives (103: 3, 11 -12) • Forgives ALL your iniquities (103: 3) • Forgives ALL your sins (103: 10) • Forgives ALL your transgressions (103: 12) • Removes as far as can possibly be removed (103: 11 -12) • He remembers them no more (Heb. 8: 12)!
God’s Mercy Redeems (103: 4) • Delivers from deserved destruction (103: 4; Col. 1: 13 -14) • Buys me out of the consequences of my sins (Tit. 2: 14) • Crowns with steadfast love and compassion (Eph. 2: 4 -7)
God’s Mercy Supplies (103: 5) • Satisfies with every “good” gift needed in life (Jas. 1: 17; 1 Tim. 6: 17) • Strengthens every day to renewed life and service (Isa. 40: 31)
God’s Mercy Preserves (103: 6 -7) • The Lord does not forsake His people (103: 6; Psa. 37: 28) • The Lord makes Himself and His ways known to His people (103: 7; Isa. 2: 3)
God’s Mercy Waits (103: 8 -10) • He holds His punishment back as long as possible (103: 8; 78: 38; 2 Pet. 3: 5 -9) • He does not always punish as much as His people deserve (103: 10; Ezra 9: 13) • But, His punishment will come (103: 9; Gen. 6: 1 -7; 18: 23 -19: 25; 2 Pet. 3: 9 -10)
God’s Mercy Sympathizes (103: 13 -17 a) • God sympathizes with His people as their Father (103: 13; Matt. 7: 7 -11) • God sympathizes with His people as their Creator (103: 14; 78: 38 -39; 139: 13 -16) • God sympathizes with His people as their Savior (103: 16; Heb. 2: 17 -18; 4: 15)
God’s Mercy Rules (103: 19) • The Lord did not establish His throne to rule with an iron fist • The Lord established His throne to rule as the merciful, Most High God (Dan. 4; Heb. 4: 16) • The merciful throne of God rules FOR His people and AGAINST His enemy (Psa. 89: 5 -14)
God’s Mercy Differentiates (103: 17 b-18) • God’s mercy is ONLY for those who FEAR Him (103: 17; 33: 8; 89: 7; Ecc. 12: 13) • God’s mercy is ONLY for those who KEEP His covenant (103: 18; 119: 2; 37: 34; 1 John 5: 3) • God’s mercy is ONLY for those who DO His commandments (103: 18; Ecc. 12: 13; Deut. 11: 26 -28; Heb. 5: 9) − Who BELIEVE that Jesus is God’s Son (Acts 16: 31) − Who REPENT of their sins and turn to God (Acts 17: 30) − Who CONFESS their faith in Jesus (Acts 8: 36 -38) − Who ARE BAPTIZED for the remission of sins (Acts 2: 38) − Who LIVE FAITHFULLY to the Lord and His covenant (Acts 5: 29)
