Wednesday 5 February 2014

But God

But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, - Ephesians 2.4

And again we have those wonderful words, 'but God.' Without this particular 'but God' we would all be, as we used to say in Alabama, in a 'heap'a hurt.'

We were in serious trouble as we were 'children of wrath' and as we walked according to the course of this present world.'

But God:
Who rich in mercy
Because of his great love with which He loved us

I have a hard time coming up with the right words here.

A prefect, holy, righteous creator God deemed a wicked race of man worthy purely and simply by His mercy. His mercy was motivated by His great love. How can that possibly be?

It can only be because He loved us from before the foundation of the world and He acted on that love.


Praise God for 'but God.' 

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