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God is a God of _____
Complete the following sentence: God is a God of _____. What was your response?Chances are your answer was something like love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, goodness, peace, or joy. And if so, you would be absolutely correct. God is all of all those things.
But your answer probably wasn't anger, which would have also been correct according to Psalm 76. That's because we tend to neglect or ignore things we're uncomfortable with, and we're generally uncomfortable with the idea of Almighty God being angry. Yet the fact remains that He possesses an intense rage and wrath.
Now, we need to be very careful to make a distinction here. God's anger isn't directed towards sinners but toward sin. It isn't focused on people but on our problem...and that problem is that we all inherited a fallen nature when we came into this world. That's a big problem!
Despite all of this, God still loves us and wants a deep and abiding relationship with us. But regardless of how much He loves us, the problem of our sin still stands in the way. So here's how He solved our problem: He sent His Son to stand in for us and receive the wrath that our sins deserved. In other words, He took the bullet for us. All we need to do is receive and take refuge in His Son's sacrifice on our behalf. When we do, our sins are covered, and we're protected from God's anger.
God's anger is a very real thing, and our sin is a very real problem. But God's love is real, His Son's sacrifice is real, and so is the forgiveness that we find by placing our faith in Him.
Forgiver of our sin, thank you for solving the problem through the death of Your Son!
Complete the following sentence: God is a God of _____. What was your response?
Think about it... What does this passage reveal to me about God? What does this passage reveal to me about myself? Based on this, what changes do I need to make? What is my prayer for today?
Complete the following sentence: God is a God of _____. What was your response?Chances are your answer was something like love, mercy, grace, forgiveness, goodness, peace, or joy. And if so, you would be absolutely correct. God is all of all those things.
But your answer probably wasn't anger, which would have also been correct according to Psalm 76. That's because we tend to neglect or ignore things we're uncomfortable with, and we're generally uncomfortable with the idea of Almighty God being angry. Yet the fact remains that He possesses an intense rage and wrath.
Now, we need to be very careful to make a distinction here. God's anger isn't directed towards sinners but toward sin. It isn't focused on people but on our problem...and that problem is that we all inherited a fallen nature when we came into this world. That's a big problem!
Despite all of this, God still loves us and wants a deep and abiding relationship with us. But regardless of how much He loves us, the problem of our sin still stands in the way. So here's how He solved our problem: He sent His Son to stand in for us and receive the wrath that our sins deserved. In other words, He took the bullet for us. All we need to do is receive and take refuge in His Son's sacrifice on our behalf. When we do, our sins are covered, and we're protected from God's anger.
God's anger is a very real thing, and our sin is a very real problem. But God's love is real, His Son's sacrifice is real, and so is the forgiveness that we find by placing our faith in Him.
Forgiver of our sin, thank you for solving the problem through the death of Your Son!
Complete the following sentence: God is a God of _____. What was your response?
Think about it... What does this passage reveal to me about God? What does this passage reveal to me about myself? Based on this, what changes do I need to make? What is my prayer for today?
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Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, founded in 1985, has grown to be one of the largest churches in the country, and now has nine regional campuses in Florida in addition to the main campus in Fort Lauderdale. The church has established and now operates dozens of ministries to answer the needs for foster care, addiction recovery, and discipleship training. The church's mission is simply, "make disciples."
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