Classes 2 & 3 from this series were used in GCT Episode 387.<\/p>\n
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\nand unrelenting God.
\nOur speaker is Brother Aaron <\/p>\n
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\nMcKee and Class 2 is entitled
\nThe God of All Grace. <\/p>\n
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\nIn 1751 a boat was being
\ndestroyed off the coast of <\/p>\n
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\nEngland and on this vessel lived
\na a man who to this point in his<\/p>\n
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\nlife lived quite a an unsavory
\nexistence. <\/p>\n
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\nIn fact, he’s the owner of this
\nvessel and the vessel was a <\/p>\n
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\nslave ship.
\nAnd he’s so convicted in the <\/p>\n
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\nfury of this raging storm and in
\nconscience and in heart to <\/p>\n
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\nchange his ways, to mend his
\ndeeds to that by miracle the <\/p>\n
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\nstorm begins to to clear.
\nHe makes his way to land. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, he makes landfall.
\nHe sells the ships, he enters a <\/p>\n
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\nministry, and he dedicates his
\nlife to God. 25 years later, now<\/p>\n
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\na minister, now reflecting on
\nGod’s ability to to restore him <\/p>\n
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\nfrom that situation, to esteem
\nhim better than his works. <\/p>\n
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\nHe writes a sermon on New Year’s
\nDay, this poem for his <\/p>\n
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\ncongregation, writing words we
\nknow well, penning words that <\/p>\n
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\nthat stretch to this very day.
\nTwas grace that taught my heart <\/p>\n
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\nto fear and grace my fears
\nrelieved. <\/p>\n
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\nHow precious did that grace
\ngrace appear the hour I first <\/p>\n
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\nbelieved?
\nBrothers and sisters, many in <\/p>\n
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\nthe ages of history have
\nmarvelled in the glories of <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s character of grace.
\nFrom David, who would write in <\/p>\n
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\nFirst Chronicles.
\nWho am I Lord, and and what is <\/p>\n
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\nmy house?
\nYou bring me thus far to to <\/p>\n
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\nJacob, who would say I’m not
\nworthy the least of your mercies<\/p>\n
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\nto the centurion who proclaimed
\nof Christ I’m not worthy. <\/p>\n
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\nYou come to my house.
\nMany marvelled God could esteem <\/p>\n
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\nthem better than their works.
\nThis afternoon, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we will do the same.
\nWe will explore this character <\/p>\n
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\nof God dedicated to grace.
\nPrince sisters, but we will do <\/p>\n
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\nso by moving beyond the fact
\nthat our God is merciful, beyond<\/p>\n
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\nthe fact he is a loving and
\ncaring God, which he <\/p>\n
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\ndemonstrates time and again
\nthroughout his word. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd instead we will ask why?
\nWhy does our God well let you <\/p>\n
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\nknow what?
\nWhat prompts, what moves the <\/p>\n
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\ngrace of God throughout
\nScripture? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in asking that question,
\nBron sisters, we will move <\/p>\n
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\nbeyond what God does towards who
\nGod is, the essence of what <\/p>\n
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\ngrace means to God, How how this
\ncharacter expresses itself. <\/p>\n
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\nHere we’ll consider a grace that
\nis loyal and faithful, secured <\/p>\n
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\nin his promise word.
\nHere we’ll consider a grace that<\/p>\n
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\nbears the cost of mercy that
\nthat self sacrificing that <\/p>\n
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\nreaches to the broken.
\nHere we’ll consider grace <\/p>\n
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\nresponding to truth, reaching to
\nthe humble, granting to the <\/p>\n
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\nsincere, and ultimately,
\nbrothers, sisters, we are going <\/p>\n
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\nto bring our thoughts to the
\ncharge given to Moses by the <\/p>\n
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\nLord, to be gracious as I am
\ngracious as God. <\/p>\n
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\nWe are going to end on what
\nGrace works in us, the <\/p>\n
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\ntransformation it seeks and the
\nteaching qualities it possesses <\/p>\n
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\nto all who receive it.
\nBut we’ll start our <\/p>\n
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\nconsideration by thinking back
\non Exodus 32. <\/p>\n
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\nLet’s go there for a moment.
\nRun sisters and we start here <\/p>\n
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\nbecause while there are many
\nplaces our minds might take us <\/p>\n
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\nfrom sisters and and considering
\nwhy grace is granted and the <\/p>\n
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\nrecord of Scripture.
\nI I put to you there are a few <\/p>\n
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\nmoments so comprehensive, few so
\nconcise as what we see in the <\/p>\n
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\nrecord of this chapter.
\nIn this chapter a number of <\/p>\n
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\nthings prompt the grace of God.
\nWe see verse 13 of chapter 32. <\/p>\n
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\nRemember Abraham, says Moses,
\nRemember Isaac in Israel, he’s <\/p>\n
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\nsaying in the face of their sin,
\nwho you swore by your name here,<\/p>\n
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\nMoses petition God’s covenants,
\nthat grace may come, we see <\/p>\n
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\nverse 32.
\nYeah, now forgive their sins as <\/p>\n
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\nMoses, if not, take me.
\nAlso we see Moses intercessor <\/p>\n
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\npetition God’s grace that that
\ngrace may come. <\/p>\n
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\nWe see chapter 33 verse 6, the
\npeople mourn they they strip <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves of their ornaments,
\nthey burn them in fire. <\/p>\n
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\nThey show humility of heart that
\ngrace may come and finally, <\/p>\n
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\nverse 19, what does God say?
\nI am gracious to who I am <\/p>\n
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\ngracious.
\nMoses underscoring he is a God <\/p>\n
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\nof grace and that’s why grace
\ncame in total Bron sisters 4 <\/p>\n
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\npoints emerge four points that
\nall throughout Scripture are <\/p>\n
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\nthis this framework a pattern
\nfor how the grace of God is <\/p>\n
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\noften reaching out as an
\noutstretched hand to man. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when we see these brothers
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\nYeah, we we see him in the the <\/p>\n
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\naccount of Nehemiah 9 Nehemiah 9
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\nwhat’s happening in in the <\/p>\n
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\naccounts of Exodus.
\nWhat do we see in Nehemiah 9 <\/p>\n
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\nverse one, they assemble as
\nIsrael and fasting and sackcloth<\/p>\n
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\nand dust.
\nThey show humility of heart. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 7 Nehemiah says you are a
\nGod who chose Abraham and made <\/p>\n
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\ncovenants with us.
\nWe see covenant mercies. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 28 the leaders and Levites
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\nVerse 17 Nehemiah says you are a
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\nHe petitions a character of <\/p>\n
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\ngrace, and while not every
\nexample of relenting, it is as <\/p>\n
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\nExodus.
\nI put to you every moment of <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s mercy is expressed for one
\nof these reasons and when we ask<\/p>\n
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\nSo let’s start with his covenant<\/p>\n
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\nBrothers, sisters, you know <\/p>\n
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\nthis common refrain.
\nWe see it in Deuteronomy 7 verse<\/p>\n
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\nKnow the Lord your God is <\/p>\n
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\nCurious, isn’t it?
\nHe says covenants and love. <\/p>\n
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\nHe he links these two things
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\nIn fact, we see covenants in
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\nWe see it in Exodus. <\/p>\n
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\nI heard their groanings has
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\nwith Abraham.
\nWe see it in Daniel 9. <\/p>\n
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\nO awesome God, who keeps
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\nWe read.
\nWe see it in Genesis 9. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ll establish my covenant with
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\nby water.
\nAn act of covenant secures an <\/p>\n
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\nact of grace.
\nWe see it in Isaiah 37. <\/p>\n
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\nBrothers and sisters, for the
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\nwill defend the city.
\nWe see it in the words of <\/p>\n
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\nSolomon.
\nO awesome God of Israel, there <\/p>\n
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\nis no God like you keeping
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\nAll throughout our Bibles, Brun
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\nthrough the words of God’s
\npromise. <\/p>\n
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\nAll throughout Scripture, the
\ngrace of God is secured in his <\/p>\n
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\nsecured. <\/p>\n
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\nMaybe we think to the kings of
\nIsrael. <\/p>\n
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\nYou think to Abijah, the
\nidolatry of his day. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat did God say to him in First
\nKings 15? <\/p>\n
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\nFor David’s sake, Abijah, I will
\ngive you a son for my covenant. <\/p>\n
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\nI will show you grace.
\nWe see it in your whorem. <\/p>\n
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\nDespite the evilest day, for
\nDavid’s sake, I will not destroy<\/p>\n
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\nJudah.
\nWe see it in Solomon. <\/p>\n
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\nDespite the idolatry of his day,
\nFor David’s sake, he says, I <\/p>\n
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\nwill not take your Kingdom.
\nAnd this underscores a simple, <\/p>\n
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\ncrucial, essential avenue of
\nwhat grace means to Godbren, <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nAnd that’s that it is deeply and<\/p>\n
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\nunwaveringly committed.
\nYou know, brothers, sisters, I, <\/p>\n
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\nI, I don’t know about you, but,
\nbut sometimes I, I think we can <\/p>\n
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\nperceive grace as something
\nMoody or whimsical, as God’s <\/p>\n
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\nemotion or or exception to his
\nrules where he’s relenting in <\/p>\n
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\nspite of his faithfulness.
\nThat can’t be farther from <\/p>\n
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\ntruth.
\nBrothers, sisters, all <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout Scripture, the grace
\nof God is an expression of <\/p>\n
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\nfaithfulness.
\nIt is the preeminent aspect of <\/p>\n
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\ncharacter revealed to Moses on
\nthe top of Sinai. <\/p>\n
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\nIt is legal and deeply rational,
\nwhere even in failures it is <\/p>\n
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\nreaching, or even in darkness
\nit’s presenting. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we see this type of grace,
\none sisters, manifest all <\/p>\n
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\nthroughout Scripture.
\nWe see it in the accounts of <\/p>\n
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\nSecond Samuel, the accounts of
\nof Chapter 9. <\/p>\n
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\nWe recall Brun sisters in the
\ncontext of Jonathan and David’s <\/p>\n
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\nrelationship.
\nThey make a covenant and First <\/p>\n
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\nSamuel 20.
\nAnd what did David say? <\/p>\n
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\nI will never cut off love from
\nthe House of Jonathan forever, <\/p>\n
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\nno matter the unknowable, no
\nmatter the hardships, the ups <\/p>\n
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\nand downs, the betrayals, no
\nmatter what may come. <\/p>\n
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\nHe makes that pledge in the
\nsecond Samuel. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid acts on this covenant.
\nHe takes Mephibosheth, then he <\/p>\n
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\ncares for him, brings him to his
\nhouse. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd what does he say in verse 9,
\nBronze Sisters? <\/p>\n
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\nI do this that I might show the
\nkindness of God to Him. <\/p>\n
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\nDavid relates covenant mercies
\nto how God works in our lives. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen, sisters, and how did he
\nshow it? <\/p>\n
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\nHow did he reveal it?
\nNot because of merit, not <\/p>\n
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\nbecause it’s earned, not because
\nof worth, but because like God, <\/p>\n
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\nhe is faithful to His Word.
\nLike David, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we are convicted to
\nshow the same. <\/p>\n
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\nLike David, we are bound in
\ncovenant to each other through <\/p>\n
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\nthe waters of baptism.
\nWe enter as a body of Christ <\/p>\n
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\nthis commitment, and it requires
\nwe reflect the same durable <\/p>\n
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\ngrace.
\nYou know so often that the <\/p>\n
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\nimpulse draws us to treat grace
\nas temporary, as withdrawn in <\/p>\n
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\nthe face of failure.
\nIn our Lord we are challenged <\/p>\n
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\nwith grace that loves through
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\nThe Pharisees resented Christ
\nfor this, for showing grace to <\/p>\n
338
\n00:22:09,520 –> 00:22:11,480
\nthe to the undeserving.
\nThe elder brother of the <\/p>\n
339
\n00:22:11,480 –> 00:22:14,520
\nprodigal son resented grace
\nshown his brother, considering <\/p>\n
340
\n00:22:14,520 –> 00:22:16,640
\nit undeserving.
\nWhat did he say all these years?<\/p>\n
341
\n00:22:16,640 –> 00:22:19,640
\nI’ve slaved for you, he said to
\nhis father, and you didn’t give <\/p>\n
342
\n00:22:19,640 –> 00:22:21,000
\nme anything.
\nI earned it. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:22:21,000 –> 00:22:25,240
\nHe didn’t.
\nLaborers in the vineyard <\/p>\n
344
\n00:22:25,240 –> 00:22:28,440
\nresented Grace, given those who
\ncame later, because surely they,<\/p>\n
345
\n00:22:28,480 –> 00:22:31,520
\nthey didn’t earn it as I did.
\nIt’s all too often Brun sisters,<\/p>\n
346
\n00:22:31,640 –> 00:22:36,680
\nwe think the same.
\nWhy Grace shouldn’t go to that <\/p>\n
347
\n00:22:36,760 –> 00:22:37,960
\nneighbor down the street?
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
348
\n00:22:37,960 –> 00:22:39,920
\nWhy shouldn’t go to this, this
\nbrother or sister in the <\/p>\n
349
\n00:22:39,920 –> 00:22:41,280
\necclesia?
\nBecause I acted right. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:22:41,280 –> 00:22:43,360
\nI made the right calls in life.
\nThey didn’t. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:22:43,360 –> 00:22:45,280
\nThey, they didn’t.
\nThey didn’t live as as pious as <\/p>\n
352
\n00:22:45,280 –> 00:22:47,920
\nas as righteous as I did.
\nThey didn’t take the Scriptures <\/p>\n
353
\n00:22:47,920 –> 00:22:55,400
\nas seriously as me.
\nSo often we see grace like <\/p>\n
354
\n00:22:55,400 –> 00:22:59,600
\nJonah.
\nWho could accept it for those he<\/p>\n
355
\n00:22:59,600 –> 00:23:02,520
\ndeemed worthy himself, his
\npeople, the the things he loved.<\/p>\n
356
\n00:23:02,520 –> 00:23:04,920
\nSurely they were certainly they
\nwere deserving in the mercy of <\/p>\n
357
\n00:23:04,920 –> 00:23:06,880
\nGod.
\nSurely not the wicked Gentile. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:23:09,080 –> 00:23:11,240
\nSurely they don’t deserve God’s
\ngrace. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:23:11,240 –> 00:23:13,560
\nThat is why I made haste to
\nflee. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:23:13,560 –> 00:23:16,520
\nHe says he indicts himself as
\nthis being his problem. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:23:16,520 –> 00:23:20,280
\nIn their examples from sisters
\nis a warning that grace can be <\/p>\n
362
\n00:23:20,280 –> 00:23:26,160
\nsomething we grow to resent.
\nIt’s a warning that this life <\/p>\n
363
\n00:23:26,240 –> 00:23:29,240
\ncan mean that that grace can be
\nan enigma to those who don’t <\/p>\n
364
\n00:23:29,240 –> 00:23:35,440
\nshow it.
\nIt can be offensive when we <\/p>\n
365
\n00:23:35,440 –> 00:23:52,320
\ndon’t understand it.
\nAnd it’s this very concept of <\/p>\n
366
\n00:23:52,360 –> 00:23:54,800
\nundeserved grace, friend,
\nsisters, that that will bring us<\/p>\n
367
\n00:23:54,800 –> 00:23:58,680
\nto the final point that the last
\navenue of of why grace is is <\/p>\n
368
\n00:23:58,680 –> 00:24:00,360
\ngranted in the records of
\nScripture. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:24:00,480 –> 00:24:02,360
\nAnd we see it in the words of
\nDaniel, the words our our <\/p>\n
370
\n00:24:02,360 –> 00:24:07,080
\nbrother read of Chapter 9, where
\nin a moment of intercession, in <\/p>\n
371
\n00:24:07,080 –> 00:24:09,800
\na moment where the Scriptures
\nproclaim to Daniel that that the<\/p>\n
372
\n00:24:09,800 –> 00:24:11,320
\nreturn of the Exiles was
\nimminent. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:24:11,440 –> 00:24:13,160
\nWhat does he say?
\nHow does he petition God? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:24:13,160 –> 00:24:16,400
\nHe says do this Lord, not
\nbecause we are righteous, not <\/p>\n
375
\n00:24:16,400 –> 00:24:21,880
\nbecause it has been earned, but
\nbecause you are merciful. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:24:25,760 –> 00:24:29,320
\nWhat Daniel forces us to
\nreconcile Bron sisters is that <\/p>\n
377
\n00:24:29,320 –> 00:24:32,280
\nwhile God might relent in
\nScripture because of covenants, <\/p>\n
378
\n00:24:32,280 –> 00:24:34,720
\nwhile he inclined his ear for
\nintercessors, and he will <\/p>\n
379
\n00:24:34,720 –> 00:24:37,240
\ncomfort the humble in the
\nhonesty of their hearts. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:24:37,360 –> 00:24:40,960
\nThe Amazing Grace of God is that
\nnone of these actions, Bron <\/p>\n
381
\n00:24:40,960 –> 00:24:43,240
\nsisters, ever earn you His
\ngrace. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:24:46,000 –> 00:24:48,640
\nNone of these things that we’ve
\nconsidered does anything to make<\/p>\n
383
\n00:24:48,640 –> 00:24:51,200
\nyou deserving of it.
\nHe is gracious because this is <\/p>\n
384
\n00:24:51,200 –> 00:24:53,080
\nwho he is.
\nI knew you were gracious, says <\/p>\n
385
\n00:24:53,080 –> 00:24:57,000
\nMoses.
\nI am God and not man, so I <\/p>\n
386
\n00:24:57,000 –> 00:25:00,040
\nrelent, he said to Hosea, who is
\nlike you, pardoning iniquity and<\/p>\n
387
\n00:25:00,040 –> 00:25:01,720
\npassing transgression, writes
\nMicah. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:25:01,720 –> 00:25:04,680
\nI am merciful and gracious to
\nthe thousandth, he said of <\/p>\n
389
\n00:25:04,680 –> 00:25:13,720
\nMoses.
\nThis, brothers and sisters, is <\/p>\n
390
\n00:25:13,720 –> 00:25:16,280
\nthe wellspring from which all
\ngrace flows. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:25:16,280 –> 00:25:19,280
\nWhen God says to Moses in
\nExodus, I am gracious to who I <\/p>\n
392
\n00:25:19,280 –> 00:25:21,680
\nwill be gracious, what he’s not
\nsaying is, is my grace is <\/p>\n
393
\n00:25:21,680 –> 00:25:22,760
\narbitrary.
\nMoses. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:25:22,760 –> 00:25:28,320
\nHe’s saying in every case it is
\nfree, unmerited, unearned. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:25:28,320 –> 00:25:30,920
\nGrace is the prerogative of
\ngoblin sisters. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:25:30,920 –> 00:25:39,400
\nThis is the aspect of grace that
\nchallenges us to forgive as He <\/p>\n
397
\n00:25:39,400 –> 00:25:57,080
\nhas forgiven us.
\nNow we’ve talked this morning on<\/p>\n
398
\n00:25:57,080 –> 00:26:00,160
\nmany things about this, this
\nmerciful quality of God. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:26:00,160 –> 00:26:02,680
\nBrothers, sisters, we, we noted
\nthe, the loyalty and <\/p>\n
400
\n00:26:02,680 –> 00:26:07,040
\nsteadfastness of it.
\nWe talked about grace through, <\/p>\n
401
\n00:26:07,120 –> 00:26:10,640
\nthrough intercessors, how how he
\nresponds because it mirrors his <\/p>\n
402
\n00:26:10,640 –> 00:26:13,360
\ncharacter and his selflessness
\nand his compassion. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:26:13,360 –> 00:26:16,400
\nWe, we spoke of humility, how it
\nallows for grace and, and <\/p>\n
404
\n00:26:16,400 –> 00:26:20,160
\nreflects God’s desire for
\nsincerity over partiality. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:26:20,240 –> 00:26:25,560
\nBut Bronze Sisters, we’ll,
\nwe’ll, we’ll close our thoughts <\/p>\n
406
\n00:26:25,560 –> 00:26:28,840
\non two points, 2 fundamental
\nthings when it comes to <\/p>\n
407
\n00:26:28,840 –> 00:26:32,680
\nunderstanding this relenting
\ncharacter of our God. <\/p>\n
408
\n00:26:32,680 –> 00:26:45,280
\nThe 1st is that learning to
\naccept grace is crucial. <\/p>\n
409
\n00:26:48,600 –> 00:26:50,080
\nYeah, that that that might sound
\nlike the easy part. <\/p>\n
410
\n00:26:50,080 –> 00:26:52,240
\nBrothers and sisters, it is far
\nfrom easy. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:26:54,280 –> 00:26:57,280
\nIt is so easy to impart
\npunishment on ourselves, so, so <\/p>\n
412
\n00:26:57,280 –> 00:27:00,320
\neasy to when we have, we have
\ndone wrong, condemn ourselves to<\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:00,360 –> 00:27:02,920
\nit and, and let the, the, the
\nweight of those wrongs, those <\/p>\n
414
\n00:27:02,920 –> 00:27:06,040
\nsins weigh us down in life, keep
\nus inactive from from showing <\/p>\n
415
\n00:27:06,040 –> 00:27:10,320
\nthe character of God or whatever
\npit of sin we’re in. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:27:10,320 –> 00:27:13,840
\nThink this is surely too far
\nfrom God’s standard and, and <\/p>\n
417
\n00:27:13,840 –> 00:27:16,400
\nretribution will come and, and
\nthat this was too great a <\/p>\n
418
\n00:27:16,400 –> 00:27:18,520
\nmistake and, and surely God
\nwon’t let it slide. <\/p>\n
419
\n00:27:18,640 –> 00:27:20,960
\nWhat does Christ say to the
\nPharisee of Luke 18 Brothers, <\/p>\n
420
\n00:27:20,960 –> 00:27:28,360
\nsisters who loved me more, Simon
\nthe one forgive him much or <\/p>\n
421
\n00:27:28,360 –> 00:27:30,880
\nlittle.
\nOur capacity to accept the <\/p>\n
422
\n00:27:30,880 –> 00:27:33,960
\ndepths of God’s grace for and
\nsisters, it is directly related <\/p>\n
423
\n00:27:33,960 –> 00:27:39,120
\nto our relationship with God,
\ndirectly related to how much you<\/p>\n
424
\n00:27:39,120 –> 00:27:41,920
\nwill be willing to give others.
\nIn his words we are reminded if <\/p>\n
425
\n00:27:41,920 –> 00:27:44,360
\nyou only accept the level
\nlittle, you will only give a <\/p>\n
426
\n00:27:44,360 –> 00:27:47,760
\nlittle.
\nIn his words, we are reminded <\/p>\n
427
\n00:27:47,760 –> 00:27:50,440
\nthat to to be accepting of grace
\nis to learn how to give it. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:27:50,440 –> 00:27:55,640
\nWe’re reminded that we only love
\nbecause He first showed us how <\/p>\n
429
\n00:27:55,640 –> 00:28:09,600
\nto love.
\nBut the final point we’ll note <\/p>\n
430
\n00:28:11,920 –> 00:28:17,560
\nare in the words of Paul.
\nDo you presume, O man, you who <\/p>\n
431
\n00:28:17,560 –> 00:28:20,800
\npractice evil, that you will
\nescape the justice of God? <\/p>\n
432
\n00:28:20,840 –> 00:28:23,560
\nOr do you presume on the riches
\nof his forbearance, not <\/p>\n
433
\n00:28:23,560 –> 00:28:27,840
\nunderstanding, he says, that
\ngrace was meant to lead you to <\/p>\n
434
\n00:28:27,840 –> 00:28:29,880
\nrepentance.
\nYou know, I find it interesting,<\/p>\n
435
\n00:28:29,880 –> 00:28:34,520
\nbrothers, sisters, that often
\nwhen somebody might talk a <\/p>\n
436
\n00:28:34,520 –> 00:28:37,120
\nlittle bit too much about grace,
\nthere’s a common response. <\/p>\n
437
\n00:28:37,120 –> 00:28:39,320
\nAnd I’m guilty of this.
\nIt’s it’s, well, what about <\/p>\n
438
\n00:28:39,320 –> 00:28:45,160
\ntruth as if you can have one
\nwithout the other. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:28:45,200 –> 00:28:46,720
\nYou know, I’m not trying to be
\ndismissive of that. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:28:46,720 –> 00:28:49,200
\nBron sisters Again, I’m a person
\nwho said that myself. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:28:49,360 –> 00:28:52,480
\nBut in that is a misperception
\nbecause that’s coming from a <\/p>\n
442
\n00:28:52,480 –> 00:28:58,560
\nmischaracterization of grace as
\ntolerance or a blank check you <\/p>\n
443
\n00:28:58,560 –> 00:29:01,600
\nreceive in moments of wrong.
\nThat that that must be balanced <\/p>\n
444
\n00:29:01,640 –> 00:29:04,160
\nwith this other part of of truth
\nof God’s character. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:29:04,200 –> 00:29:06,560
\nWhat Paul highlights in that
\nstatement, Bron sisters in that <\/p>\n
446
\n00:29:06,560 –> 00:29:11,920
\nverse is the fundamental
\nchallenge to that premise that <\/p>\n
447
\n00:29:11,920 –> 00:29:15,400
\ngrace is never the end of truth,
\nnor is that the absence of of <\/p>\n
448
\n00:29:15,400 –> 00:29:18,440
\nresponsibility, nor does it
\nbegin when the law of God ends. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:29:18,520 –> 00:29:22,000
\nGrace is not tolerance, it is
\nmercy leading us to <\/p>\n
450
\n00:29:22,000 –> 00:29:26,720
\nrighteousness.
\nBrothers, sisters, all <\/p>\n
451
\n00:29:26,840 –> 00:29:29,600
\nthroughout Scripture God
\nimplores us to see this message.<\/p>\n
452
\n00:29:29,600 –> 00:29:31,800
\nWe see it in Peter spoken to of
\nChrist God. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:34,480
\nChrist gives him grace to build
\nhim to something better. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:29:36,560 –> 00:29:39,240
\nPaul giving grace to build him
\nto an instrument of God. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:29:39,240 –> 00:29:42,320
\nSamson giving grace to do with
\nit what he could never hope to <\/p>\n
456
\n00:29:42,320 –> 00:29:44,640
\ndo without it.
\nGrace is not God overlooking <\/p>\n
457
\n00:29:44,640 –> 00:29:47,400
\nsin, Brun sisters, it is his
\ntool of instruction. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:29:49,960 –> 00:29:52,800
\nIt’s overcoming sin by showing
\nus a better way, and then he <\/p>\n
459
\n00:29:52,800 –> 00:29:55,400
\nexpects us to walk in it.
\nAnd that means, Brun sisters, <\/p>\n
460
\n00:29:55,400 –> 00:29:59,960
\nonce it’s given, it is never
\nsomething you leave behind, not <\/p>\n
461
\n00:29:59,960 –> 00:30:02,640
\na doormat where you walk over
\nand you you wipe your feet clean<\/p>\n
462
\n00:30:02,640 –> 00:30:05,240
\nand you walk inside and and
\nleave its effects in the past. <\/p>\n
463
\n00:30:05,240 –> 00:30:08,840
\nIt is something we live with.
\nPaul speaks this way in Romans, <\/p>\n
464
\n00:30:11,680 –> 00:30:16,480
\nwhere one’s sin reign to death.
\nEven so, grace must reign in us <\/p>\n
465
\n00:30:16,480 –> 00:30:19,160
\nto eternal life.
\nIt rains in me, says Paul. <\/p>\n
466
\n00:30:21,440 –> 00:30:24,200
\nIt is like a king over me.
\nIt, it, it rules everything <\/p>\n
467
\n00:30:24,200 –> 00:30:27,440
\nabout who I am, how I think, how
\nI treat others, how I speak <\/p>\n
468
\n00:30:27,440 –> 00:30:29,000
\nabout truth.
\nIt is not something passive. <\/p>\n
469
\n00:30:29,000 –> 00:30:31,960
\nIt is active always.
\nHe writes the same in Romans 6. <\/p>\n
470
\n00:30:32,000 –> 00:30:34,560
\nI am not under law, I am under
\ngrace. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:30:36,440 –> 00:30:38,040
\nHe writes the same in Romans 5,
\nverse 20. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:30:38,040 –> 00:30:40,800
\nGrace reigns in me through
\nrighteousness. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:30:40,800 –> 00:30:44,040
\nIf we can do that, run, sisters.
\nIf you can conceive of grace in <\/p>\n
474
\n00:30:44,040 –> 00:30:46,480
\nthis way, it will do some
\npowerful things. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:30:50,040 –> 00:30:53,520
\nTitus 2 verse 11 reads For the
\ngrace of God that bringeth <\/p>\n
476
\n00:30:53,520 –> 00:31:00,080
\nsalvation to all men hath
\nappeared to men, teaching us to <\/p>\n
477
\n00:31:00,080 –> 00:31:02,920
\ndeny ungodliness, that you might
\nlive godly lives. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:31:02,920 –> 00:31:05,480
\nGrace, brothers and sisters,
\nteaches you. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:31:08,960 –> 00:31:14,120
\nIt’ll teach you to be Paul, who
\ncould say by grace I am the <\/p>\n
480
\n00:31:14,120 –> 00:31:15,760
\nperson that I am and not in
\nvain. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:31:15,760 –> 00:31:18,600
\nIt wasn’t given as something
\ntransient in passing, but it <\/p>\n
482
\n00:31:18,600 –> 00:31:21,240
\nmade me labour more abundantly.
\nIt’ll teach you that that <\/p>\n
483
\n00:31:21,240 –> 00:31:23,240
\ndespite your mistakes, the
\nthings you’ve done, the things <\/p>\n
484
\n00:31:23,240 –> 00:31:26,120
\nyou’ve struggled to forgive
\nyourself for, you are worthy in <\/p>\n
485
\n00:31:26,120 –> 00:31:31,560
\nthe eyes of God and you can have
\nendurance and grace that you <\/p>\n
486
\n00:31:31,560 –> 00:31:33,960
\ncould not give yourself.
\nIt’ll teach you to be Isaiah, <\/p>\n
487
\n00:31:36,240 –> 00:31:39,320
\nwho in seeing the awesome
\nrighteous truth of God and his <\/p>\n
488
\n00:31:39,320 –> 00:31:41,800
\nmight and power, realizing his
\nsins before him, but in the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:31:41,800 –> 00:31:44,720
\nwords of God, your sins are
\nforgiven, stands up and goes <\/p>\n
490
\n00:31:44,720 –> 00:31:46,840
\ninto Israel.
\nIt’ll teach you to be the same, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:31:46,920 –> 00:31:52,640
\nto be strong in grace.
\nIt’ll teach you peace and your <\/p>\n
492
\n00:31:52,640 –> 00:31:56,800
\nrelationship with God.
\nBren sisters, that you can draw <\/p>\n
493
\n00:31:56,800 –> 00:32:00,560
\nboldly to the throne of grace,
\nknowing it is always present and<\/p>\n
494
\n00:32:00,560 –> 00:32:03,320
\nit will always settle you in
\nmoments of failure. <\/p>\n
495
\n00:32:03,400 –> 00:32:06,480
\nIt’ll make you as all those
\nthroughout Scripture who quoted <\/p>\n
496
\n00:32:06,480 –> 00:32:09,760
\nthe words of Exodus 34 brothers.
\nSisters who recognized that <\/p>\n
497
\n00:32:09,760 –> 00:32:13,360
\nturning point of Scripture and
\nlived and hoped because no <\/p>\n
498
\n00:32:13,360 –> 00:32:18,160
\nmatter the uncertainties of
\nlife, no matter whatever chaos <\/p>\n
499
\n00:32:18,160 –> 00:32:22,440
\nwould be around them, they knew
\nthat God was always merciful. <\/p>\n
500
\n00:32:22,520 –> 00:32:27,520
\nIt’ll make you David, who in
\ndespairing at the world that saw<\/p>\n
501
\n00:32:27,560 –> 00:32:29,840
\nthis destruction, took hope.
\nAnd what does he say in Psalm <\/p>\n
502
\n00:32:29,840 –> 00:32:32,280
\n86?
\nYou, Lord, are merciful, slow to<\/p>\n
503
\n00:32:32,280 –> 00:32:35,360
\nanger, and abounding and
\nsteadfast love and faithfulness.<\/p>\n
504
\n00:32:35,520 –> 00:32:43,000
\nIt’ll make you Joel, who hoped
\nin hopeless days that his people<\/p>\n
505
\n00:32:43,040 –> 00:32:46,760
\nwould turn to God and was
\nconvicted every day in their <\/p>\n
506
\n00:32:46,760 –> 00:32:49,600
\nfailure to do that yet and still
\nimplored them with the reminders<\/p>\n
507
\n00:32:49,600 –> 00:32:52,240
\nof God’s character.
\nHe is gracious and merciful, <\/p>\n
508
\n00:32:52,240 –> 00:32:54,200
\nslow to anger and abounding in
\nlove. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:32:54,200 –> 00:32:56,120
\nIt’ll make you the authors of
\nLamentation. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:32:56,120 –> 00:33:02,160
\nBrothers, Sisters who’s standing
\nin the rubbles of Jerusalem <\/p>\n
511
\n00:33:02,320 –> 00:33:10,600
\nwould say, even here, Lord, I
\nknow you are merciful and <\/p>\n
512
\n00:33:10,600 –> 00:33:16,080
\nabounding in love.
\nWe and brothers and sisters, on <\/p>\n
513
\n00:33:16,080 –> 00:33:22,800
\nthe words of Peter, words that
\nencompass the power, the care <\/p>\n
514
\n00:33:22,800 –> 00:33:26,800
\nand the transformation of God’s
\nAmazing Grace that has changed <\/p>\n
515
\n00:33:26,800 –> 00:33:30,600
\nthe lives of countless others
\nand is being presented to you. <\/p>\n
516
\n00:33:30,920 –> 00:33:32,920
\nYou have suffered a little
\nwhile, says Peter. <\/p>\n
517
\n00:33:35,960 –> 00:33:38,720
\nAnd indeed we do, brothers and
\nsisters, we live in a flawed <\/p>\n
518
\n00:33:38,720 –> 00:33:44,640
\nworld as flawed people.
\nBut the God of all grace is <\/p>\n
519
\n00:33:44,640 –> 00:33:49,240
\ncalling you to his eternal glory
\nin Christ. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:33:49,240 –> 00:33:53,760
\nAnd he will himself, through
\nthat grace restore, establish, <\/p>\n
521
\n00:33:53,960 –> 00:33:57,920
\nstrengthen and settle you.
\nTo him be dominion forever and <\/p>\n
522
\n00:33:57,920 –> 00:34:01,800
\never, says Peter.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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