God's Mercy and Grace
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God has mercy, he forgives us even when we don't deserve it. He has compassion he watches our hearts. God gives us grace things we don't deserve. And he asks us to hate the things that he hates and love the things he loves. We know that God has mercy, grace, compassion, and that he is slow to anger.
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Reflection(January 12, 2016)
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It is important when studying scripture to consider the differences between two very similar terms, mercy and grace. According to scripture, the wages of sin is death. Everyone has sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God, the only reason we have a chance at heaven is because God is a merciful God. Mercy is when someone keeps us from a negative consequence of our own actions. Mirriam Webster describes it as : a blessing that is an act of divine favor or compassion. god showed mercy on David when he killed Uriah and took his wife. He showed mercy on Samson after he was blinded and enslaved because of his own disobedience. Grace on the other hand is the giving a a positive consequence when we don't deserve it. It was through God's grace that Jesus came down from heaven to die on the cross.
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