by Barbara Latta
The true nature of God - is it judgment and punishment or mercy and grace?
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| The true nature of God - is it judgment or mercy? |
Actually, it is both. But the difference is which one do we operate under?
The Bible gives
us two covenants God made with mankind. The first which we refer to as the Old
Testament, or Covenant, and the second is the New Testament.
Despite the
fact that the New Testament tells us of Jesus’ life, death, burial and
resurrection which gives us victory over sin, many people still refer back to
the Old Testament when approaching God.
Hebrews 8:7
tells us, For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would
have been sought for a second. The old covenant was a shadow of things to come
and the new covenant is the fulfillment. That is not to say that we need to
throw out Genesis to Malachi. These accounts are given for our learning and
admonition (1 Corinthians 10:11).
But when we
think God is still dealing with our sin and behavior the same way He did during
Old Testament times, we are not approaching our heavenly Father using the power
Jesus died to give us.
