“Bless the Lord, O my soul…who forgives all your iniquities…who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies” (Psalm 103:4, NKJV). The Old and New Testaments present the mercies of the God very clearly. However, some read the Old Testament and only see a wrathful vengeful God within its chapters ,even though this is part of who God because of the sin that taints his creation. The Old Testament is not a testament to his wrath and vengeance it is a testament to his mercy. The books of Genesis and Jonah are filled with the mercies of God and these mercies are shown through multiple events, but three main events will be the focus, the mercy of God in the Garden with Adam and Eve, the covenant with
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In making this covenant, God is blessing and showing his mercy on all the families of the earth through Abrahams one descendent, Jesus Christ. This covenant that God made with Abraham was not based on anything Abraham had done, for all Abraham needed to do was have faith that God would accomplish the things He promised and he would be righteous (Gen 15:16). This is the same way God manifests his mercy and grace on us today, if we only have faith in Jesus Christ our faith will also be counted as righteousness and God will shower his overflowing mercy and grace on us (Ephesians 1:7-9, 2:4). God also shows his mercifulness not only through his faithfulness to his promises but also his patience with those who are running from Him, such as in the account of Jonah.
In the account of Jonah, there is one main idea present. That God is the great and merciful Savior. Through God’s pursuit of Jonah in his rebelliousness and disobedience, and God’s extended hand of mercy to the Ninevites we can truly see how Exodus 34 it so true “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin” (Ex 34:6-7
In making this covenant, God is blessing and showing his mercy on all the families of the earth through Abrahams one descendent, Jesus Christ. This covenant that God made with Abraham was not based on anything Abraham had done, for all Abraham needed to do was have faith that God would accomplish the things He promised and he would be righteous (Gen 15:16). This is the same way God manifests his mercy and grace on us today, if we only have faith in Jesus Christ our faith will also be counted as righteousness and God will shower his overflowing mercy and grace on us (Ephesians 1:7-9, 2:4). God also shows his mercifulness not only through his faithfulness to his promises but also his patience with those who are running from Him, such as in the account of Jonah.
In the account of Jonah, there is one main idea present. That God is the great and merciful Savior. Through God’s pursuit of Jonah in his rebelliousness and disobedience, and God’s extended hand of mercy to the Ninevites we can truly see how Exodus 34 it so true “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin” (Ex 34:6-7