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Cast in the name of god.ye not guilty
Cast in the name of god.ye not guilty












cast in the name of god.ye not guilty

CAST IN THE NAME OF GOD.YE NOT GUILTY FREE

Rather, God, as God, is utterly free to show mercy to whom he will - and he has chosen to be merciful to his people. Israel may not be all that more righteous than Pharaoh and the Egyptians, but God’s mercy on Israel is not based on Israel’s efforts and earning. When asked to show his glory, God puts his goodness in grace and mercy on display - and his utter freedom in showing his mercy to whomever he chooses. In one of the most important passages in all the Bible, after Moses has asked God to show him his glory, God answers, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy” (Exodus 33:19). The first great glimpse of God’s mercy came to Moses. God has made the world to turn again and again on fresh revelations of his mercy. By rights, we should be under his impending wrath, like all mankind (Ephesians 2:3) - but for “the tender mercy of our God” (Luke 1:78).īut we are not the first to peer into his heart and catch a glimpse of his fatherly posture toward us. Our cry for mercy admits to our ill-deserving, not just undeserving.

cast in the name of god.ye not guilty

That we have been shown mercy means not only that we didn’t deserve his favor, but that we deserved his righteous hammer against the anvil of justice. “God does not show mercy by accident or weakness, but always with utter intentionality and strength.”īut God’s mercy not only shows us who he is, but also tells us something essential about ourselves. Not only in his towering might but also in his surprising tenderness. Not simply in his greatness but his gentleness.

cast in the name of god.ye not guilty

But if we let the Scriptures have their say, we will see that when God shows his mercy, he does so with utter intentionality and strength, and we as his creatures get our deepest glimpse of who he is not just in his sovereignty but his goodness. We suspect that perhaps he shows mercy by accident or weakness. Many of us today are prone, by nature and nurture, to see God’s mercy as peripheral or incidental to who he is. Rather, set your eye on his mercy, without minimizing the fullness of his might, and take in the life-changing panorama. If you want to know who God really is, if you want to peek into his heart, it is not the display of his just wrath and cosmic power to which you should look. The mercy of God is one of the most precious realities in the world, one of the most revealing themes in all the Bible, and one of the most tragically misunderstood truths about God.














Cast in the name of god.ye not guilty