Displeasure with God’s goodness

Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. What was it that displeased Jonah? The fact that God was gracious, merciful, slow to anger and kind towards the repentant Ninevites. Jonah had expected the Ninevites to reject God’s message and...

Whose Friend Are You?

James 2:23 … Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. James tells us that Abraham believed God, and was called God’s friend. He then tells us that to be a friend of the world is equivalent to being an...

Presumptuous sin and God’s timing

Deuteronomy 1.41-43 Then you said to me, We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his battle weapons, and thought it a simple matter to go up into the hill country. And the Lord said to me,...

Who's slave are you?

Romans 6.18-21 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield...

Imitating God

What a merciful and gracious God we serve! Listen… Ex 34.6-7 And the LORD passed by before him (Moses), and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving...