Grace and Mercy Be With You

Grace & Mercy Be With You

Grace and mercy. Two beautiful words. Two useful words. How else could you explain God's love? Scripture is clear that the only thing sinful man deserves from the hand of God is judgement. God is under no obligation to save sinners. Read carefully the first two chapters of Genesis and nowhere did God give Adam and Eve any hope that if they disobeyed him that he would save them from death. The die was cast; "The day you eat thereof, you shall surely die." Capital punishment was to be the consequence of disobedience.

But the God of the Bible is a multi-faceted God. His attributes are multitudinous. Several times in the Old Testament we read that "The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love." (Psalm 103:8 ESV) Oh what compassion the Heavenly Father displays! "He does not deal with us according to our sins; nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him..." (Psalm 103:10,11 ESV)

Grace and mercy.

GRACE - receiving what we don't deserve: forgiveness, deliverance, salvation.

MERCY - not receiving what we do deserve: death, Hell, separation.

May we worship the Lord and thank him for his grace and mercy.

Grace and mercy be with you!

Man punches people to heal them

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K8XjObzfXM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUTCWLoD4-4


This is stupid... I can not believe people are flocking to see him...

The True Israel of God

Eschatology is one of my favorite theological subjects. I was raised on the Scofield Reference Bible. Our theme song was, "My hope is built on nothing less, than Scofield notes and references." In fact, I was 23 years old before I came to the understanding that Scofield's notes were not verbally inspired!

Over the years I have moved from an ultra Pre-Trib Dispensational Pre-Mil position to where I am at now. Where am I now? The book of Hebrews is a good starting point. The Old Covenant has passed away - gone, finished, kaput,  and the New Covenant is in place. The Lord Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of all Covenants. He is the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End. He is the seed of Abraham and all who believe and follow Him are the children of Abraham and heirs of all Covenant promises. We have been in "the last days" since His first advent and are looking only for the "last day" - the Blessed Hope, the glorious appearing of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

The following article: Justification by Faith and the Israel of God best sums up what I believe. Check it out:

Justification by Faith and the Israel of God