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But God (II)

By Sister Toyin Fasosin 

But God who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He has loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up together and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

That in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us in Christ Jesus, for by grace you have been saved  through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.” (Eph. 2: 4-9)  

God is rich in mercy!  

Rich: full, abounding, fertile, saturated, intense, extreme, excessive, overgenerous

Mercy: loving kindness, favor, compassion, understanding 

There is nothing stingy or miserly about God, He is extremely and intensely compassionate, overgenerous in favor, saturated in loving kindness. Glory!! 

“The Lord is merciful and gracious; slow to anger abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins nor punished us according to our iniquities. For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward those who fear Him.”  (Ps. 103: 8-10) 

“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” (Rom. 3: 23-24) 

Mercy is not getting what (the punishment) we deserve; grace is getting what (the blessing) we do not deserve. We often complain and say “I don’t deserve this”

Don’t even go there; we deserve to go to hell and to have the devil use us as his foot mat on our way there. The wages of sin is death and all have sinned and come short of the glory of God therefore we all deserve death which includes sickness, calamity, pain, poverty and hell. God has justified us freely by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. 

The only reason we are delivered from sickness, calamity, pain, poverty and hell is not because we have earned it but because of His loving kindness, favor and understanding.   

To be continued . . .