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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” WHAT SHOULD OUR RESPONSE BE TO THE MERCIES OF GOD, ESPECIALLY HIS GOSPEL MERCIES? [42:23] 1. GREAT GRATITUDE. We should be a grateful people, not a grumbling one (Ps 145:9-10). 2. A LIFE WHOLLY CONSECRATED TO GOD. We must be dedicated to pleasing Him in every aspect. Great mercy requires a holy life. 3. GREAT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THE LORD’S PRESERVING POWER. Ps 40:11 – We are not preserved by our own fleshly strength and power. 4. SINCERE REPENTANCE AND OPEN CONFESSION OF SIN. Ps 51:1 – David learned to not hide anything from God. 5. URGENT, BELIEVING PRAYER. Ps 69:16 – We must know our weakness and our utter need for God.
Ian Migala (9/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” B. A NAME OF COMPASSION: HE IS THE SOURCE OF MERCIES [30:03]. Paul calls God the “Father” of mercies because He is the source of every mercy (Jas 1:17). With God, mercy is not an emotion as it is with men, but a perfection. He is 100% mercy, and we as Christians are to reflect it toward others (Col 3:12-13). The heart of God is filled with sympathy, mercy, and pity for His beloved children. Humility is the opposite of pride. God shows this by stooping low to give us mercy. His mercies, like Himself, are great (Ps 119:156). 2 Sam 24:14 – His mercies are great when He must chasten His children (cf. Heb 12:6, Ps 51:1). His mercies are also rooted in His eternal covenant love (Ps 25:6, Ps 103:4).
Ian Migala (9/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” A. A NAME OF KINSHIP: HE IS FOUNDER OF OUR COVENANT MERCIES IN HIS SON [23:25]. We are united to God by a family relationship. But this relationship is not original, but derived. God is our Father because He is first the Father of Jesus Christ. We are His children not by nature, but by adoption (Eph 1:5). You out of all people in the world, you are His beloved children (Ps 103:13, 2 Cor 1:3). Because we are sinners, and because we live in a fallen world, we need God’s mercy, which is free favor for the miserable. Because we are God’s children in a hostile world, we need God to comfort us in our many distresses. God does not bestow these blessings of fatherly love and care upon His beloved children, but imparts them through our mediator, the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. Rom 8:32). If Christ is not our savior, then God is not our Father.
Ian Migala (9/30/2015)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” We are but dust. As sinners, we need Christ’s tender mercies every moment. Paul was a man well-acquainted with grief and affliction, yet he had a heart to give the gospel to those who mistreated him. God perfects His people through trials: they equip us to administer comfort, as we have received comfort. First, Paul speaks openly of his trails because he had developed an intimate relationship with the Corinthians; he had been with them for eighteen months. Second, in 2 Corinthians especially, Paul speaks of the paradoxes of the Christian life and of the gospel ministry. His own trails enabled him to triumph. 2 Cor 4:7-12 – God brings us what seems hostile to our happiness, but it is meant for our good and for His glory (cf. 2 Cor 6:3-11, 11:23-30, 12:7-10). I. THE ADORABLE AUTHOR OF OUR COMFORTS (v. 3) [starting at 19:10 of the audio]. Paul points out his trials, but only to direct us to the comforting God behind them. We find four different names for our merciful, comforting God.
