Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
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… This is just the greatest news that there is. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love. How could a good God send anyone to an eternity without him? He doesn't. our God doesn't send people to an eternity without him our God is compassionate and gracious slow to anger and abounding in love and anyone who ends up in an eternity without him does it because of their own choice to reject a compassionate God who is slow to anger and abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever. For he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him. the east is from the west. So far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him. For he knows how we are formed. He remembers that we are dust. You might be thinking, Louis, I've made so many bad choices in my life. I've messed up so many times. There have been so many potholes in the journey. And I'm thinking, if I'm, you know, thinking rightly, what I'm going to get from God is I'm going to get wrath, rejection, condemnation, and a massive guilt trip. That's what I'm getting. …
… always put that in there. That's what I do. That's a great verse for a birthday card. It's a great verse for December 31st or January 1st, right? It's a prayer. Next verse, Exodus 34, verse 6, and the Lord passed before him and proclaimed the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abounding in goodness and truth. Next verse, Psalm 23, you know this, verse 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. These are the things of God. Next verse is Psalm 25, verse 8. Good and upright is the Lord, therefore he teaches sinners in the way. That's exactly what we're talking about. When God invites us up on this path to journey with him, he doesn't tell you to clean up your act and get yourself really, really presentable and then come on up. No, he's simply asking you to repent and come to him. He will restore that relationship, and now you walk with him, and all along the way, he's working in your life. …
… And as he passes by, he proclaims his name to Moses, and he says these words to him. Exodus chapter 34, verses 6 and 7. The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in, here it is, steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands. Of these names that God uses, the only one he uses twice is hesed, steadfast love. And it's in the context of the people of God sinning. God is saying, even though you've been faithless to me, I'm going to be faithful to you. Oh, friends, that is the gospel of Jesus Christ, that when we are faithless, God is faithful. Now, I'm not saying that to kind of green light us taking advantage of grace or us taking advantage of God, but the truth of the matter is, God has way more mercy than we have mess. This is exactly what Paul gets to, as he says in Romans 8, verses 38 and 39, for I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus, our Lord. …
… God shows himself patient. In the Hebrew language, patience doesn't mean acceptance, but rather slow to anger. God is slow to let his anger burn. See Exodus 34 verse 6. Slow to anger, but not empty of expectation. God does not eliminate his expectations because he desires good for us. And when God in rightful anger sends the fire of his judgment, which he has done in the past and will do again at the final judgment, He makes the flames of our all-consuming selves run their course. He gives us what we ask for. He lets us burn ourselves out, not so that we would be eliminated, but so that we would turn back to Him and find ourselves in Him, our true selves, not snuffed out, but entrusted to the God who so patiently can't wait to be found. Some people mistake God's patience for slowness. This week, Christians around the world are observing the third week of Advent. Advent is the season of waiting, before we celebrate the birth of Christ. …