Murph
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Post by Murph on Aug 27, 2011 17:05:55 GMT -6
"It is of the LORD'S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. " vs. 22-23
What is the difference between God's mercy and His mercies...if any?
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Post by Murph on Aug 28, 2011 6:45:47 GMT -6
In studying the SS lesson for this Sunday I read the word "mercies," the Lord's mercies are new every morning. "Mercies," what's the difference between the Lord's "mercy" and the Lord's "mercies."
Have always learned the Lord's mercy is not getting what we deserve...
Mercies as I read...is like the word used for "womb" in the Hebrew...and paints a picture of a mother's love and care for a newborn baby...a place of comfort and security...
The Lord's "mercies" are new every morning...Great is His faithfulness.
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Post by Keith on Aug 28, 2011 8:10:04 GMT -6
What is the difference between God's mercy and His mercies...if any? None. The Hebrew word 'khehsed' is used interchangedly for mercy, mercies or kindness. It literally means kindness. |
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Post by Murph on Aug 28, 2011 18:02:07 GMT -6
I like the word picture that womb paints. Even thought the Hebrews had sinned and sinned badly enough to bring diciplinary action by the Lord, He still loved and cared for them...and held them securely in His hands.
Even though we sin and sin badly, and discplinary action is taken by the Lord to correct us...we can know that He still loves us and holds us securely in His Hands...
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Post by Keith on Aug 29, 2011 8:42:15 GMT -6
Amen!
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Post by ldysly on Aug 29, 2011 10:08:17 GMT -6
I never really looked at there being a difference between God's mercy and His mercies. We are told that His mercies are always new. I have always felt that God's true mercy is that He loves us in spite of us. And that He forgives us no matter what.
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Post by Murph on Aug 29, 2011 10:30:44 GMT -6
Amen to that Sylvia.
But looking at Lamentations...it is a collection of 5 poems of Lament that Jeremiah wrote just after the destruction of Jerusalem at the final invasion of Babylon.
The Lord had thru a series pf prophets warned the Hebrews to repent of behavior that broke their covenant relationship with the Lord. He told them again and again that corrective judgment was coming but they wouldn't listen.
It was in the Lord's mercies..that Jeremiah found hope for the future. It is said that Jeremiah wrote Lamentations sitting on a hill across from the smoldering ruins of the Temple that Solomon had built...
The dead bodies of men, women and children littered the streets of Jerusalem which lay in ruins...
The warnings of the Lord had come to pass and there was literally nothing left...yet,
realizing that even when we aren't faithful the Lord is and His mercies are new every morning...Jeremiah found hope in that.
That whole passage is beautiful and tho Jerusalem, Judah and the Hebrews had reached a low point ...Lamentations 3, that passage... is a high point.
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