July
31, 2017 Monday Message:
“Praise
the Lord, O my soul.” Psalms 103:1a
The
Bible teaches us that the Lord is
slow to anger, and always ready to forgive those who repent and return. At
church, we’ve been saying that our God is a God of second chances, and our
religion is all about forgiveness, and Jesus is about love. As long as you’re
sorry and desire another chance to get life right, God will grant you a
“do-over.”
“Just
as a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him.” v13
God
does not forgive our sin only to keep bringing it up from time to time. No, once
forgiven, it is put away forever. “As far as the east is from the west, so far
has he removed our transgressions from us.” Don’t think He’s referring to a
place; it’s a metaphor, saying, “If I go east and you go west, we’ll NEVER meet
up! We’ll just keep getting farther apart!” And if that wasn’t enough, God also
describes our past confessed sins as being at the bottom of the deepest ocean –
a place where no one could ever go.
“From
everlasting to everlasting, the Lord’s love is with those who fear him, and his
righteousness with their children’s children.” v17
Norton
Lawellin
Jesus
in the City Fellowship gathers next Sunday, Aug. 6, 2017, 3249 30th
Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55406, 10:30 AM. Pastor Michael Pilla teaches from
God’s word.
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