“What Can Overcome God's Anger?”
Psalm 103 March 12, 2006 Play
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Frozen Hearts, Increasingly Cold-blooded
• crimes disturbing, especially parents vs. children
• rejection of God leads to ruthlessness, brutality
(Rom 1:28ff; 2Tim 3:1ff)
God’s Permanence and Pre-eminence – We Perish
• sovereign placement over all creation, including
hosts of heaven (19ff; Mt 26:53)
• God’s love with those who fear Him always; humans
short-lived (15ff)
• even John Wayne irritated by effect of aging
God’s Righteous Wrath and Marvelous Mercy
• Psalm 103 a portrait of God’s qualities not
appearance
• anger may have positive role in connection with
godly jealousy (2Cor 11:2; 12:21; Ps 4:4; Eph 4:26)
• God’s jealousy a sign of His caring; disobedience
sparks anger (Ex 20:5, 34:14; Deut 6:15; Ezek 16:42)
• not just OT aspect: God’s wrath against modern
wickedness (Rom 1:18, 2:5,8)
• slow to anger, not repaying us for iniquities -
because Christ died for ungodly (6,8ff; Rom 5:6,8f)
• spiritual benefits: removed transgressions, rich
in love, compassionate as father for children (3-5,8,11-13; Mk 1:41; Lk
19:42)
• physical benefits: healing, renewing our youth
Remember His Ways
• need to ‘forget not’ God’s benefits, remember to
obey (2,18)
• volunteer overcame dislike of nursing home ministry
• became Jesus’ stand-in holding hand of elderly
gentleman
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