Untamed Mercy

Topic Notes

• A lot of people have been hurt by the Church
• Jesus teaches forgiveness
• Whatever sin you have committed can never be too big for forgiveness
• Jude 2 – Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance!
• The uncomfortableness of giving mercy in abundance
• As churches, we have two choices: to be a Church of Commandments or a Church of the Cross
• The Church of Commandments (One bad apple spoils the bunch)
• Churches that promote the Cross are more abundant than those that promote commandments.
• Mercy – a gift that is undeserved
• Matthew 18:21-22 (abundant forgiveness)
• The wrong assumption is that there is a limit on mercy.
• God does not put limits on mercy!
• God believes in reconciliation
• James 2:8
• As far as mercy and forgiveness goes
• God’s Grace and Mercy is HUGE – and we should always strive to attain it.
• The translation of ‘abundance’: MORE! The FULLEST measure! Overflowing! Profuse!
• Mercy triumphs over judgement
• God wants to meet you in your sin AND BRING YOU OUT OF IT!
• We want to be untamed, wild and passionate about forgiveness!

Bible Contradiction

via Freedom from Religion Foundation (ffrf.org)
Exodus 20:15 vs Luke 19:29-34

Listener Question

From Victoria:
Does God give those sent to Hell a chance to redeem themselves? Here’s an example: an atheist of the age of 18 dies in a car accident, and is thus sent to hell. They aren’t a child, but far from a developed adult either. Why is it fair that another person can go 50 years as an atheist, become a Christian at 51, and go to heaven when they die? Considering that an 18 year old does not have a lot of life experience, it IS possible that they could have changed their ways given they had the chance to live longer.
See: Hebrews 9:27, 2 Thessalonians 1:9-10, Acts 17:26-27 and Hebrews 4:12

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