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If Man Repents, God Relents

10/23/2014

If man repents, God relents:

"At one moment I might announce concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will uproot, rear down, or destroy it. However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it." Jeremiah 18:7-8.

God is a fundamentally kind, forgiving Person. He extends mercy to all without exception, but our repentance is His condition for receiving mercy. Our impenitence is never God's doing; and wrath is never His preference. The ball is always in our court. But God's merciful character is there, and His promise to forgive and restore is always there, so there is hope.

You Can't Cure Cancer With Ben-Gay

10/23/2014

The secular way of thinking is committed to the axiom that evil is rooted in the physical: DNA, up-bringing, society, education, law. The Bible teaches that evil is meta-physical. Which is why only a meta-physical Power can cure it. You can't cure an infection with a Ben-Gay rub, and you can't cure the sin problem with education, punishment, and law. But the Spirit of God can cure sin, and he offers to start the process to any who will receive Him.