In the first picture is a false love that merely loves what I want, but the second picture is of the Love who loves even those who don’t want Him. False love makes us curved in. His true and holy love makes us sound as He teaches sound doctrine in His Church and calls us out ...
It is characteristic of the Biblical conception of God that He is with those of contrite heart (Isa. lvii. 15). He loves the weak (Deut. x. 17-18). He is the father (Isa. lxiii. 16, lxiv. 7); and like a father He taketh pity on His children (Ps. ciii. 13; see Compassion...
“Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves Him who begot also loves him who is begotten of Him. By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.For this is the love of God, that we keep His co...
God tells us in His Word that He chastens those He loves (Revelation 3:19). Although the goodness of God can lead us to repentance, for most of us it is the chastening of our Lord, knocking on the door of our life that moves us to open the door and invite Him into the practical...
“For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.” Isa. 57:15.”–...
. The word“grace”in this verse means the“unmerited mercy and favor of God.”In other words, God will have mercy on you, take you back, and fully forgive you of all of your sins if you will just make the effort to come back to Him with a humble, contrite, and repentant heart....
use as an embalming oil, our thoughts in this second chapter of Matthew flash forward to the twenty-seventh chapter, in which Jesus is crucified and buried. We are reminded that he was anointed to obey God’s will, even to death on a cross, for the sake of the world that God loves....
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. Evil shall slay the wicked: and they...
Satan approaches God and puts forth a challenge –“Job only loves you because you have been good to him”. If you take away what he has, he will curse you to your face. God, who knows Job’s heart, tells Satan to do whatever he wants to Job, just don’t hurt him. ...
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