Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Mercy -- Part 3\n 2 Chronicles 28:12-13\n 08\/28\/2024\n\n\n 12 Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim, Azariah\n the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of\n Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and\n Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against those\n who were coming from the war\n 13 and said to them, ``You shall not bring the\n captives in here, for you propose to bring upon us\n guilt against the LORD in addition to our present\n sins and guilt. For our guilt is already great,\n and there is fierce wrath against Israel.'' (ESV)\n\n Around 740 years before the birth of Jesus, the northern\n kingdom of Israel attacked and plundered the southern kingdom of\n Judah. The army returned with two hundred thousand captives with\n the intent of making them slaves. Not only did the prophet Oded\n speak against this, but several leaders of the kingdom of Israel\n called for mercy.\n\n Certain chiefs also of the men of Ephraim... stood up\n against those who were coming from the war and said to\n them, ``You shall not bring the captives in here, for\n you propose to bring upon us guilt against the LORD in\n addition to our present sins and guilt. For our guilt\n is already great, and there is fierce wrath against\n Israel.''\n\n\n In the excitement of the moment, we often lose sight that we\n are sinners who properly deserve God's wrath and punishment.\n Should the army of Israel have plundered their relatives in\n Judah? Should they have carried away so many people with the\n intent to enslave them? Fortunately, the chiefs and rulers\n repented of this action and refused to allow this great sin.\n\n When we are in a position to impose our own will, do we take\n the time to truly repent, to show mercy, to help rather than\n harm? We, who have received the mercy of the almighty Father as\n He sent His Son to bear the guilt of our sin, are called upon by\n God to reflect His love.\n\n May our Lord grant us the strength to be merciful to all\n people. Amen.<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"August 28, 2024 Broadcast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-turn-your-radio-on-2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2255"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2256,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2255\/revisions\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trinityslayton.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}