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God’s Goodness and Mercy
By Rev.
Kenneth E. Hagin
O
give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for
ever. (Ps. 107:1)
When we think about
the goodness and mercy of God, we instinctively think about His goodness
and mercy in remitting our sins as sinners and forgiving our sins as
Christians.
But God's goodness
and mercy go further than that; it's stated a number of times in the
four Gospels as those who were sick cried out to Jesus, "Have mercy on
us" (Mark 10:47).
Again and again,
Jesus had compassion on people and healed them (Matt. 14:14; 20:34; Mark
1:41). Now the New Testament was originally written in Greek. And in the
Greek, the word "compassion" is translated mercy.
So literally, the
original Scriptures read, "He had mercy on them and healed them." That's
what Jesus did. People cried out for mercy, and He had mercy on them and
healed them.
I want you to think
about God's goodness in healing - about His healing mercy. Acts 10:38
says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with
power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of
the devil; for God was with him." What was the good that Jesus went
about doing? He was healing all that were oppressed.
Think about the fact
that God is good, not only to save, but to heal. He's merciful, not only
to forgive, but to heal. He wants to heal you just as readily as He
wants to forgive your sins.
Confession
For the Lord is good, and His mercy
endureth forever. He wants to heal me just as readily as He wants to
forgive my sins.
(Taken by permission from
RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA.
www.rhema.org )
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