Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly merciful and also very just— sent his Son to assume the known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness and mercy Him the very face of sin so that Jesus could experience God's justice and you could experience His mercy This is a picture of God's love, justice and mercy at work.

we were by nature deserving of wrath. 4  But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy been reminded by the Canons these last few days, we can't blame God for this spiritual deadness; it fully The Good News is that even though we fully deserved this deadness we brought upon ourselves, God made

Nevertheless, it is not imputed to God’s children for their condemnation but is forgiven by his grace and mercy discovers here is that faith in Christ - even the strongest faith, like what Paul had - is not enough to fully this is war, and you're called to fight back, which is why Paul tells you in Ephesians to put on the full It's through Christ that you are already declared righteous and some day will fully delivered from "this

hatred, and anger God tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be patient, peace-loving, gentle, merciful In that sense, be glad to let this debt to one another never be paid in full. not killing people who cross you will keep you out of trouble with the civil law, you will not have fully

Listen to passage & devotional: Belgic Confession of Faith, Article 20: The Justice and Mercy of God in Christ We believe that God— who is perfectly merciful and also very just— sent his Son to assume the known his justice toward his Son, who was charged with our sin, and he poured out his goodness and mercy But let Isaiah remind you that in order for you to experience the overflowing mercy of God, it was necessary AAA Prayer (About) ACKNOWLEDGE WHO GOD IS: Our Father, who is perfectly merciful and also very just—

When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba. 1 Have mercy on obligated Himself to us, His people, which often expresses itself as great compassion and abundant mercy Often times we associate words like compassion and mercy with a mother's soothing hug and not so much Rather than let us persist in our sins, which could never be described as compassionate or merciful since describe people who think that God really doesn't care about sin because He's so compassionate and merciful

saddle again (The very next words famously begin chapter 12 - Therefore I urge you, in view of God's mercy inspired by the Holy Spirit, realized and shares with us in today's passage is that you don't need to fully But that's ok; you really have no need for a god that you could fully comprehend anyways.

You cannot receive mercy without justice, so to receive God’s grace, you have to first acknowledge your Therefore the claims of his justice must be paid in full, either by ourselves or another. The first step in fully understanding God's amazing grace is acknowledging your sinfulness, and that

In His simplicity, God exists as the fullness of His attributes, all at once. God is merciful all of the time, but at the same time His mercy never restricts His justice. Dutch theologian Herman Bavinck puts it this way: God is the real, the true being, the fullness of being

You are my God; 3   have mercy on me, LORD, for I call to you all day long. 4  Bring joy to your servant forgiving and good, abounding in love to all who call to you. 6  Hear my prayer, LORD; listen to my cry for mercy compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness. 16  Turn to me and have mercy