HESED: God's Love - His Mercy

To watch the video Pastor Mike references in this message, go to: http://www.iamsecond.com/seconds/james-caldemeyer/

God's love becomes the reason why we can ask Him to forgive our sins. He first demonstrated it in the Garden when He covered Adam and Eve's shame. Forgiveness and mercy became part of the description of His nature. Because He knows our inability to not sin, He promises forgiveness based on His nature: eternal, complete, gracious and unexpected. Properly understood, it compels us to confession because we know we will be forgiven. Anyone who uses it as an excuse for sin doesn't understand it. God's love, which gives birth to mercy, is the reason why a holy God could stand the presence of an unholy people. Mercy is the reason why we return to God. It is the reason why we change for God. It is the most powerful, convicting, gentle force we know, purging us with forgiveness so complete we are transformed into something new.