Aim: To see trouble bring us to repentance, peace, and reconciliation.
The reasons there are mercies in trouble: because it alerts us of danger, and it frightens us into submission.
Exegesis: The types of mercies in trouble: the smiting of the heart (vv. 25-28); the smiting of the conscience (vv. 29-34); the smiting of pride (vv. 35-36); the smiting of false hope (vv. 37-38).
Further application: Proper responses to mercy in trouble: first, recognize the causes of our misery; then, see that there is a just cause for true hope.
Key phrase: v. 28b ''Then their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, 'What is this that God has done to us?'''
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Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.