2 powerful examples of God's mercy

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I started taking a gander at how God is forgiving and saw that He "enthusiastically" seeks after us and needs us to be in right association with Him. While God passes judgment on us as indicated by our deeds, He effectively searches out the lost sheep and does all that He can to bring us once more into the overlap.

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Now I will talk about 2 intense cases of God's kindness as found in the Bible. These genuine stories feature a God who does not stay "in the mists," but rather is dynamic in the lives of His kin.

  1. Peter the Denier - Peter was a reliable adherent of Jesus for the duration of his life. As far back as Jesus got him out to be a "fisher of men," Peter took after Jesus wherever He went. Jesus perceived his ardent confidence and even went so far as to change his name from "Simon" to "Dwindle" and to build up the whole Church on his initiative. In any case, when it came to following Jesus unto demise, Peter denied Him. Not once. Not twice. Three times. As we read in the Gospel of Mark, Peter denies that he even knows Jesus saying, "I know not this man of whom you speak" (Mark 14:71).

Presently the cockerel crows and we read how "the Lord turning looked on Peter" (Luke 22:61). Seeing Jesus' face Peter sobs intensely and perceives his transgression.

After Jesus' passing and revival, Peter's contrition is tried and Jesus stretches out His leniency to him by asking Peter three times, "Do you cherish me?" Peter reacts certifiably and Jesus requests that he "bolster my sheep" (John 21:15).

While Peter was the "sovereign of the missionaries," he was not great. He required God's leniency and for Jesus to seek after him keeping in mind the end goal to wind up the "stone" of the Church. Despite the fact that he denied Jesus in His hour of most noteworthy need, God did not surrender him, but rather searched him out.

  1. Saul the Persecutor - Shortly after Christ rises into Heaven we as of now observe Christians being mistreated. One of the essential wellsprings of oppression was Saul, a dedicated Pharisee who made it his central goal to find the adherents of Jesus. We read in the book of Acts that Saul, "oppressed [Christians] unto demise, authoritative and conveying into detainment facilities the two men and ladies" (Acts 22:4). Saul really trusted that he was serving God by catching devotees and devastating the Christian religion.

God had different plans for Saul and demonstrated His leniency by seeking after the fanatical Pharisee. While Saul was en route to Damascus for another round of captures, God uncovered Himself to Saul in a dream of light and addressed him saying, "Saul, Saul, why are you oppressing me?...I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are abusing." (Acts 22:7). Saul was struck visually impaired and proceeded to Damascus, however apologized of his wrongdoings. He at long last understood the blunder of his ways and after that dedicated himself totally to the Gospel and following Jesus of Nazareth.

Saul went from one of the best adversaries of the Church to end up one of the best holy people.

What does the majority of this mean for us?

It is extremely straightforward. Regardless of the amount we stray from God, He will never stop seeking after us. Regardless of whether we aggrieve the Church or deny Him before others, God won't quit endeavoring to bring us back.

In any case, the key in these two stories is that while they both conferred grave sins, they enabled God to bring them back.
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Now the question is are we going to enable God to seek after us and let Him into our lives?

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for surely we all want to enable God to seek after us and let him into our lives ....

God had different plans for Saul and demonstrated His leniency by seeking after the fanatical Pharisee. While Saul was en route to Damascus for another round of captures, God uncovered Himself to Saul in a dream of light and addressed him saying, "Saul, Saul, why are you oppressing me?...I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are abusing." (Acts 22:7). Saul was struck visually impaired and proceeded to Damascus, however apologized of his wrongdoings. He at long last understood the blunder of his ways and after that dedicated himself totally to the Gospel and following Jesus of Nazareth.

Beautifully written

There is alot to learn from Peter and Paul. God extended his mercy to both because of their faithful service to him. We're glad you talked about this.

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You have ask really nice question here "Now the question is are we going to enable God to seek after us and let Him into our lives" for me I have open my heart and I hope you will too.

These two cases taught a lot to all!
And indeed GOD is the most merciful among all!
There ia no one else more merciful than GOD!
The GOD just wanted his creation to be thankful for his blessing

This shows that when we serve God faithfully he will forgive us of our past sins (sins before we came to know God). Thanks for sharing.

God is a merciful and compassionate father. He looks upon us to always go back to him whenever we fall short of his glory. His love for us is never ending.
Thanks for sharing

It is extremely straightforward. Regardless of the amount we stray from God, He will never stop seeking after us. Regardless of whether we aggrieve the Church or deny Him before others, God won't quit endeavoring to bring us back.

No matter how we stray from God, God won't quit endeavoring to bring us back.

The author gave superb examples of God's mercy or rephrased God's kindness manifested.I sometimes begin to imagine If God's mercy is not always spread out each second or minute or hour everyday I bet you the state of the world will be completely in a state of mess.
God's mercy has long been knowing regular displayed from the days of the old Testament to the new one.
Brethren I beseech you to take advantage of God's mercy while it's sufficiently available for the days cometh when his mercies will no longer be available for mankind.You may be wondering about my actual point. My point is about the second coming of Christ,when he shall come it will be a different ball game about God's mercy, so don't procrastinate key into God's kindness by believing and accepting his son.

"It is extremely straightforward. Regardless of the amount we stray from God, He will never stop seeking after us. Regardless of whether we aggrieve the Church or deny Him before others, God won't quit endeavoring to bring us back"
He is a God who never abandons ever.

The two examples given is definitely a perfect example of what you talked about.
Thank you so much for this particular article .
Peter denied Christ because he was afraid of loosing his life , he later realize his bad decision and wept bitterly for his denial.
Saul also who is a persecutor repented from his bad deeds when the Lord Jesus christ visited him on his way to Damascus .
He repented from Hus bad ways and turned out to be a model for God.
We as christ should learn from the story of Peter and Paul