Compassion, mercy, longsuffering, and truthful...
Psalm 86:15 (85:15 LXX)
But You, O Lord, are compassionate and merciful,
Longsuffering and very merciful and truthful.
Encouraging Words...
So, how is it that we can believe that God is all love, full of grace and mercy, and still an angry, judgmental God? It is because we believe the machinations of man, steeped in juridical and legalistic beliefs that can only be satisfied with this kind of a God. If we go back to the beginnings of our faith, to the teachings of those who walked with Christ and received His teachings firsthand and then passed them on to the Church, then we will find a much different perspective of God and His love and mercy. It was not until much later in our Church history that God, the angry judge, became more prevalent. As for me and my household, we will stay with the teachings of our ancient faith.
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