HE DECLARATION OF GOD’S MERCY – Vs. 8 Psalm 103:8 - The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. In this verse God declares outright that He is the God of mercy. “Merciful is the adjective form of a word which means to “love deeply”, “be compassionate”, or “have mercy”. When God described Himself to Moses he said in Exodus 34:6, …The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Because God is compassionate He cares about you! He is concerned about your well being, your needs, your eternal life! With God you are not a number on a computer printout. You are a real person! God is also gracious. We think of grace as “unmerited favor”. Because God is gracious to us, He is showing us favor that we do not deserve. Not only does this verse declare that the Lord is merciful and gracious, but slow to anger. There are many of us who can lose our tempers at the drop of hat. But God is holy, and does nothing unholy. Although God’s righteous wrath is a terrible thing to experience, God is slow to anger. If God was not slow to anger, the children of Israel would have never made it to the Promised Land. Between their complaining, immorality, and idolatry, there was enough for God to wipe them out! This verse also tells us that God is plenteous in mercy. This means that God abounds in love or in loving kindness. Get this through your head, beloved. God loves you. This is not just a trite saying. THE DESCRIPTION OF GOD’S MERCY – Vss. 9-10 Psalm 103:9 – He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. In relation to God’s children, God does not always chide. That is, He is not always scoldin
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