What is God's grace in the Old Testament? God is graciousness and compassion. "And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, 'The LORD, the LORD, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness,...
Christians often assume too sharp a distinction between the Old and New Testaments, argues preacher, author, and teacher J. Ellsworth Kalas. They are too quick to view the Old Testament as a strict book of laws and commandments and the New Testament as a witness to grace. The God of the...
(1) In the Old Testament, therefore, the mission of God was not separated from his miraculous powers. Yahweh was seen as Israel's divine healer. The ministry of Jesus also was characterized with healing and miracles to authenticate him as the saviour of the world. A healing ministry was ...
In fact there is no language that expresses so profoundly and so tenderly the unaccountable love of God as the Hebrew of the Old Testament. This is not thought of abstractly but in intensely personal terms as the active love of One who is essentially the living and loving God of Israel. ...
grace god 1“Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.2There is more than enough room in my Father’s home. If this were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?3When everything is ready, I will come and get ...
“Lord God Almighty, I know I am a sinner in need of Your forgiveness. I believe Jesus Christ is Your Son sent to die on the cross for my sins, and that by believing in Him, You will transform my soul and reward me with eternal life in Your presence. Lord, I want that. Come in...
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Here in the Old Testament is a reference to God as one who provides human kindness. This human kindness is in the form of “ties of love” through which God “lifts the yoke from their neck” and “bends down to feed them” referring here to Israel, of course. ...
However, there is a tendency among some practitioners of healing that makes it appear that healing is a sign of living right with God, while lack of healing, or suffering of any kind is a curse or a result of disobedience by a person or their progenitors. There are indications in the ...
Was that just the Old Testament “god” who demanded that? It is clear that in the book of Joshua, God commanded the Jews to utterly wipe out people groups that inhabited Canaan. If this is so, why didn’t Jesus denounce him? Christians often try to avoid this question, it seems to ...