The Mercy of God – Part 4
Dr RJ Sing · 2 min read
“All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions it is by grace you have been saved.”
1 Peter 4:17-18 “For the time has come for judgment, and it must begin first among God's own children. And if even we who are Christians must be judged, what terrible fate awaits those who have never believed in the Lord? 18 If the righteous are barely saved, what chance will the godless have?”
While evil men go from bad to worse, we can no longer even get away with sins of omission.(James 4:17) Like children, we object: “Everyone else is doing it,” or I used to be able to when God meddles with our affairs. Some of us have already experienced the dramatic extent of how far God will go to form “Christ in us.”
When the fear of God hits us, our prayers for deliverance from sin are finally answered. Think what it would mean if we really could “get away with” sin. Hebrews 12:6-8 “For when he punishes you, it proves that he loves you. When he whips you, it proves you are really his child." 7 Let God train you, for He is doing what any loving Father does for his children. Whoever heard of a son who was never corrected? 8 If God doesn't punish you when you need it, as other fathers punish their sons, then it means that you aren't really God's son at all that you don't really belong in His family.”
From the March 2017 issue, themed Supernatural Outpourings from Heaven over My Life.
