THE RELIABLE MERCY OF GOD

November 20, 2024

THE RELIABLE MERCY OF GOD


God’s mercy is His goodness poured out on undeserving people. It is God not giving people what they deserve but what He desires to give because He is God.

In Jeremiah 33, God's people had rebelled against Him ... again. God was bringing the appropriate judgment to seek to turn them back to Himself. But in the midst of this judgment, He speaks to His prophet, Jeremiah, reminding him that it will not always be this way, that mercy will triumph over judgment.

He does this with a series of "I will" statements ... things He promises to do because of His mercy.

6 ‘Behold, I WILL bring to it health and healing, and I WILL heal them; and I WILL reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth.
7 ‘I WILL restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and WILL rebuild them as they were at first.
8 ‘I WILL cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I WILL pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me.
9 ‘It will be to Me a name of joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good that I DO for them, and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I MAKE for it.’ (Jeremiah 33)

 

This is our God. This is who He is. This is the mercy He has shown to His people in ages past. This is the mercy He will show to You as you trust Him.


 





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