Devotional Song: … GO TO THIS LINK … Please take the time to take in a YouTube of images and lyrics from the group Phillips, Craig, and Dean singing … How Deep the Father’s Love for Us … poignantly singing how God was willing to send His Son to shed His blood to save sinful mankind.
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Highlight Verse[s]: Nahum 1:3, 7 [NKJV] … 3 The Lord is slow to anger and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked. … 7 The Lord is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.
… We can ALWAYS trust in God’s goodness and mercy for us sinners who love Him; … but also in His justice which will visit His wrath on all who hate Him.
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Highlight Passage [context]: Nahum 1:1-7 [NKJV]… USE THIS LINK …
… God’s mysterious and omnipotent wrath …
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Reference Passage : … Nehemiah 9:17 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
… PTL for God’s mercy and willingness to forgive those who repent and trust in Him.
Reference Passage : …John 3:16 [NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
... God sent His Son, The Christ, to save us from the wrath we deserve as sinners.
Reference Passage : … Romans 3:23 [NKJV] … For ALL have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
… All mankind deserves His wrath at judgement; but He’s so good to provide a way for us to be saved from His wrath (see Rom. 10:9-13)
Reference Passage : …Romans 10:9-13[NKJV] … USE THIS LINK …
... Any and all sinners can receive God’s mercy and grace by heeding these truths.
My Devotional Journal: Today's ODB author, Amy Boucher Pye, relates a question often asked about God, especially by those who don’t really know Him intimately or personally. The ODB author wrote: As my friend and I went for a walk, we talked about our love for the Bible. She surprised me when she said, “Oh, but I don’t like the Old Testament much. All of that hard stuff and vengeance—give me Jesus!”
We might resonate with her words when we read a book like Nahum, perhaps recoiling at a statement such as, “The Lord takes vengeance and is filled with wrath” (Nahum 1:2). And yet the next verse fills us with hope: “The Lord is slow to anger but great in power” (v. 3).
Which is He (i.e., God); … a God of wrath or a God of love/mercy? … And I’d bet readers here know the answer to that age-old question. And of course, the answer is BOTH! And that’s what the Prophet Nahum was declaring in his treatise on God’s character in the highlight passage above.
And the truth of this answer is echoed by all the scriptures above, especially those which describe a God Who would sent His Son, as the perfect Lamb of God, to shed His blood so that all mankind, which deserve nothing but His wrath, can experience His love/mercy by humbly surrendering to The Lamb of God as Lord and Savior.
Oh, ... how I echo the love sentiments of the linked song above; and the reality that we, as sinners, can and will receive God’s eternal mercy; … yes, … even tho, as Paul stated truly, we deserve only His wrath [in Rom 3:23]. And O how I pray that all reading here have humbly and openly declared your surrender to receive God’s saving grace [go meditate on Romans 10:9-13].
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My THANKFULNESS: … Oh Lord, Jesus, thank You for withholding Your wrath from this sinner and all who would surrender to You as Lord.
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My Prayer Today: Abba Father, … King Jesus, … Precious Spirit … May my life be witness to Your love and mercy. … Amen
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