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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. …
… that are examples or definitions of God's mercy to you. Here's what it says, Psalm 103, verse 2 to 11. I will not forget the glorious things that God does for me. He forgives, you might circle that, he forgives all my sins. He heals me, that's mercy. He ransoms me from hell, that's mercy. He surrounds me with loving kindness, that's mercy. He fills my life with good things. He is merciful and tender. Toward those who don't deserve it, that's mercy. He's slow to get angry. I'm glad for that, that's mercy. He never bears a grudge. Aren't you glad for that one? Some of you don't believe that. You think that something you did a long time ago, God's still trying to get even with you for it. Anything bad happens in your life, go, God's getting even with me. God, it says, does not carry a grudge. He's not getting even. How many times have you heard me say, God is not mad at you, he's mad about you. …
… Here are the words of Exodus 34, the Lord God Himself said, the Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness and truth, who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression, and sin." God is introducing Himself there, as you remember in the mountain, to Moses, and He wants Moses to know His character. And He describes Himself as compassionate, gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving kindness and truth, forgiving iniquity, transgression, and sin. Nehemiah 9.17, You are a God of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in loving kindness. And I read earlier Psalm 103, as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. How far is the east from the west? That's an infinite line. In Isaiah 38, 17, it says of God, You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Isaiah 43, 25, I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not remember your sins. …
… But listen to verse 8. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness. That's an echo of Exodus 34. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heaven is above the earth, so great is His loving kindness toward those who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. You're never more like God than when you forgive. In Isaiah 43, 25 we read, I, even I, speaking God speaking, I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins. Amazing. You see an illustration of that on the cross where Jesus says to His crucifiers, essentially, I want to bless you, and the greatest blessing He could possibly render to them would be to ask the Father to forgive them. …
… Again, Romans 12, vengeance is mine, I will repay, which is drawn out of the Pentateuch. Then verse 8 says, this is the amazing thing, the Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness." That's the Old Testament word for grace. While God will judge all sin, and I mean all sin, all evil, at the same time He is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness, hesed, which is essentially grace. He will not always fight with us. He will not always be angry forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. You mean you can escape His anger? You mean you can escape His wrath? Yes. Verse 11, for as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving kindness toward those who what? Who fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. Just as the Father has compassion on His children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him, for He Himself knows our frame. …
… The proclamation is found in the second half of verse 15. When referring to God, it states that God is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. Why is this an important feature of the principle of the divine, however? because whenever you do this, you are letting God know that you know exactly who God is. You see, this is letting God know that although the circumstances may be grave, you are not allowing these circumstances to confuse, mislead, weaken, or distort exactly who God is to you and what power God has to change the circumstances because it's easy to glorify God when things are going great. My word. It is easy to worship God when everything is peachy, as my grandmother would say. It's easy to praise and proclaim the goodness of God when you are experiencing the abundant life. but it takes a special type of dedication and relationship for you to glorify God in the middle of all hell breaking loose in your life. …
… Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever. 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. As far as 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. As for man, his days are like grass. He flourishes like a flower of the field. The wind blows over it, and it is gone, and its place remembers it no more. but from everlasting to everlasting. The Lord's love is with those who fear him and his righteousness with their children's children, with those who keep his covenant and remember to obey his precepts. …