tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post4007238897646071204..comments2024-03-28T13:07:51.025-07:00Comments on Winging It: Gracious JudgmentStanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-38436033804230247212017-07-15T06:49:35.314-07:002017-07-15T06:49:35.314-07:00God's grace toward those who trust in Him in c...God's grace toward those who trust in Him <i>in contrast to</i> the wrath we so justly deserve is indeed amazingly good news.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04523232247971115247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-17881510712348749232017-07-13T13:50:01.243-07:002017-07-13T13:50:01.243-07:00Gods "wrath" toward us is similar to a p...Gods "wrath" toward us is similar to a parent who time after time bails out their child but the child keeps drugging and stealing, etc. Eventually the parent's mercy becomes enabling, and they must withdraw or they will actually kill their child. As parents,we must withdraw at times so repentance and change can come. God poured out His wrath at the cross, but not on Jesus...it was on sin and what was separating humans from His Love. I say that only because of my many, many years of unnecessary guilt and shame, which also separates from God's love. Adding to this from my sister Laurie and I quote, " .I believe that the wrath Jesus experienced was being forsaken by Father, which was unbearable to Father and Son. Father withdrew from Son, and Jesus felt the utter aloneness and darkness that mankind experiences when God withdraws due to our continued turning away from His love to go after other gods". I have experienced God's wrath when I went away from Him and He had to let me go. When the prodigal came back, the father threw a party and didn't require the son to go through weeks of sorrowing over his mistakes. We are the ones who require that of ourselves because we just can't believe that the Good News is REALLY that <br /> GOOD!Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12109309427785065292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-72756022852632433072017-07-12T12:31:28.096-07:002017-07-12T12:31:28.096-07:00Yesterday afternoon Romans 1:8-32 was my devotiona...Yesterday afternoon Romans 1:8-32 was my devotional study. Wow, whoa. After that was led to read psalm 51. <br /><br />Great post StanLeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17276863076577575710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30006406.post-65649967162656340892017-07-11T05:08:51.089-07:002017-07-11T05:08:51.089-07:00Scripture tells us that the "fear of the Lord...Scripture tells us that the "fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" <br />when we attempt to remove this healthy fear, what is left in it's place? <br />i believe it is a familiarity that contemptuously trod's upon the Holiness of God. <br />it is a great assumption wrapped in a sugar coated presumption sold to the masses for their consumption. Bobnoreply@blogger.com