Return to God: Embracing Grace and Forgiveness

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"God's basically saying your fathers and my prophets They're All Dead, but my words are not dead, they never die. But see oh folks, Here's Where The Gospel According to Zechariah just should be sweet, look at verse 3. Thus declares the Lord of hosts, return to me, it says the Lord of hosts and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts." [00:00:26]

"Yes they've returned to rebuilding the temple but you know what being religious just mechanically doing the outward thing is not the same as returning to God, that's obvious they're involved in the religious activity but God wants them, he wants their heart he wants their affection he wants their love." [00:01:44]

"There's one answer to all of it and what is it he's a god of Grace, kind of seeing who he's calling he's calling Sinners remember that where is he calling them to not to some you know abandoned Planet somewhere, he's saying come to me, return to me, baby you're the God that's so angry with us that's right, the same God." [00:02:52]

"But you see, he is also a god of love he's also a god of forgiveness he's also a god of great long-suffering. God's anger, you just remember these Mills of God, they grind slowly, God's not quick in his Wrath, what patience to come to these folks, and you know it just goes on." [00:03:21]

"To me return to me return, that means there's somewhere you ought not to be, you're not in a good place you're in the place where God's anger is on you, for God's Wrath hangs over your head, come back, come to me, it's nothing else than that he's loving and gracious forgiving long suffering." [00:04:08]

"This is folks this is really really really good news that we have a God Like This, says, return, that has a new testament ring to it, Peter says you were strained like sheep but if now Creed turned to the shepherd and overseer of your souls." [00:04:29]

"You see the very Heights and depths of what it means to return to God is escaping turning away from that place where you don't pay attention to him, you don't pay attention to his word, you see that's the question it's not whether you claim to be a Christian or not that that's not the most fundamental thing here." [00:06:01]

"Do you hear him do you pay attention to him, issue when he speaks, do you tremble at his word that's the question on the table do you hear and pay attention to him and the Glorious good news in all of this is if you say quite honestly I have not been well then this is phenomenal news." [00:06:29]

"It's like this God who expresses how angry he is and you know scripture talks about the fact that he wets his sword he puts that sword on the stone sharpening stone it's like he's got this thing Sharp and he's ready to execute Justice against you for your sin, but he comes over." [00:06:59]

"God has that sword lowered right now and he says return to me, and I will return to you, I mean what's that that's like every blessing you can imagine, I bless you I'll forgive you and just repudiate your old ways submit yourself to me." [00:08:18]

"I mean do you even grasp what a very very incredibly generous and kind offer this is listen if past history should teach us anything, it teaches us the Mills of God's Wrath grind on and they eventually catch everyone, you want to be in that place where you return to him." [00:08:57]

"God's anger will be there will be no wrath towards you, why because God did something he sent his son to go into the jaws of those grinding Mills and take it on behalf of all those who will lay down the weapons of their Warfare because you see when God comes over to us and he lowers his sword." [00:09:37]

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