Repentance: Embracing Mercy Amidst Suffering
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"Jesus answered and said to them do you suppose that these Galileans were worse sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered such things? I tell you no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish or those 18 on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them, do you think that they were worse Sinners than all other men who dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you no, but unless you repent, you all likewise perish." [00:23:52]
"Again these are the words of Our Lord and though they deliver a sobering and indeed frightening message to us, they are to be received by those who are as his, with all of the respect that we give to him as our savior, submitting to all of the authority that the father invested in him please receive them as such." [00:61:14]
"People were confused, they were frightened, they were asking the question that all believers do when tragedies like this take place where was God in all of this these were Pious Jews, these weren't rebellious Jews these were people who made the journey to Jerusalem to offer the sacrifice of praise to their God, and their people were saying wait a minute, where is this God who Deliver Us from bondage in Egypt only then later send us into exile." [00:197:28]
"They had forgotten The Book of Job, where Job's friends had wrongly come to the conclusion that because of the desperate degree of Job's suffering he must have been the worst of all sinners. They probably weren't there when Jesus answered a similar question concerning the man born blind that's recorded for us in John chapter 9." [00:311:69]
"Because if God is Holy beloved and we are sinful, there must be pain and sorrow in this world until it is all redeemed. But Jesus understood the struggle that these people were having about this tragic event, and he gave an answer to their question." [00:433:91]
"What's he saying? He's saying you're coming to me vexed with this theological problem of why my father allows all this suffering and all this pain in the world, but you're asking the wrong question, the question you should come to me with is, why wasn't I slaughtered along with the others." [00:567:54]
"Now, the scriptures make it clear that all of us from time to time are victims of Injustice by other people, and all of us at one time or another have injured others unfairly and unjustly but when we experience Injustice at the hands of men Jesus tell us we ought not to faint but we ought to pray and he says will not God vindicate his elect who cry unto him day and night." [00:677:27]
"Not once in my lifetime have I ever received an injustice from the hands of God, not once in your lifetime have you ever been treated unfairly or unjustly by God. Taught theology for over 50 years and I've heard literally a million questions from students asking about the difficult questions of theology." [00:724:14]
"Why did God save me, that's the biggest mystery in my theology, why did God save me. I can give two different answers to that question why God saved me, the first one is this, I don't know, and the second one is, because he would not allow his son to suffer the travail of the Cross and not be satisfied." [00:801:72]
"Certainly not because we deserve it in and of ourselves what we deserve, Jesus is saying here, is to be slaughtered in the temple and to be crushed on the sidewalk that's what we deserve, that's Justice, all the rest is Mercy." [00:847:56]
"The first time we taste the tender mercy of God his grace, our hearts are overwhelmed with gratitude, and we start singing Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound, but then the second time, we're not quite so amazed, we're quite so grateful, by the third time, we not only expect it, we demand it, because now we are entitled to the grace of God." [00:1163:10]
"If you ever think that God owes you Mercy, if you think for a second that God is obligated to be gracious to you, then let a bell go off in your brain that teaches you that you have now confused Justice and Grace, though God's character is to be generous with his Mercy and that he is so gracious Grace is always unrequired and voluntary." [00:1260:84]
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"Again these are the words of Our Lord and though they deliver a sobering and indeed frightening message to us, they are to be received by those who are as his, with all of the respect that we give to him as our savior, submitting to all of the authority that the father invested in him please receive them as such." [00:61:14]
"People were confused, they were frightened, they were asking the question that all believers do when tragedies like this take place where was God in all of this these were Pious Jews, these weren't rebellious Jews these were people who made the journey to Jerusalem to offer the sacrifice of praise to their God, and their people were saying wait a minute, where is this God who Deliver Us from bondage in Egypt only then later send us into exile." [00:197:28]
"They had forgotten The Book of Job, where Job's friends had wrongly come to the conclusion that because of the desperate degree of Job's suffering he must have been the worst of all sinners. They probably weren't there when Jesus answered a similar question concerning the man born blind that's recorded for us in John chapter 9." [00:311:69]
"Because if God is Holy beloved and we are sinful, there must be pain and sorrow in this world until it is all redeemed. But Jesus understood the struggle that these people were having about this tragic event, and he gave an answer to their question." [00:433:91]
"What's he saying? He's saying you're coming to me vexed with this theological problem of why my father allows all this suffering and all this pain in the world, but you're asking the wrong question, the question you should come to me with is, why wasn't I slaughtered along with the others." [00:567:54]
"Now, the scriptures make it clear that all of us from time to time are victims of Injustice by other people, and all of us at one time or another have injured others unfairly and unjustly but when we experience Injustice at the hands of men Jesus tell us we ought not to faint but we ought to pray and he says will not God vindicate his elect who cry unto him day and night." [00:677:27]
"Not once in my lifetime have I ever received an injustice from the hands of God, not once in your lifetime have you ever been treated unfairly or unjustly by God. Taught theology for over 50 years and I've heard literally a million questions from students asking about the difficult questions of theology." [00:724:14]
"Why did God save me, that's the biggest mystery in my theology, why did God save me. I can give two different answers to that question why God saved me, the first one is this, I don't know, and the second one is, because he would not allow his son to suffer the travail of the Cross and not be satisfied." [00:801:72]
"Certainly not because we deserve it in and of ourselves what we deserve, Jesus is saying here, is to be slaughtered in the temple and to be crushed on the sidewalk that's what we deserve, that's Justice, all the rest is Mercy." [00:847:56]
"The first time we taste the tender mercy of God his grace, our hearts are overwhelmed with gratitude, and we start singing Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound, but then the second time, we're not quite so amazed, we're quite so grateful, by the third time, we not only expect it, we demand it, because now we are entitled to the grace of God." [00:1163:10]
"If you ever think that God owes you Mercy, if you think for a second that God is obligated to be gracious to you, then let a bell go off in your brain that teaches you that you have now confused Justice and Grace, though God's character is to be generous with his Mercy and that he is so gracious Grace is always unrequired and voluntary." [00:1260:84]
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