26-1102P_OUR GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY

Eph 2:1  And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 

Eph 2:2  Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 

Eph 2:3  Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 

Eph 2:4  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 

Eph 2:5  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

*ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WERE, "BUT GOD"! THAT MADE THE CHANGE RIGHT THERE, "GOD WHO IS RICH IN MERCY"!

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  36      I want you to notice here of the prophet, apostle, rather, Paul, who--who, how he made mention of this, how, "You has He quickened, who were once dead. You hath He quickened, who were once dead, dead in sin and trespasses; walking after the things of the world, the desire of the flesh, and fulfilling the desire of the mind. Has..."

37    What caused this change, you see? And what caused it, "from one time being dead," to quicken? Quicken means "made alive." There was a change, from death unto Life. There is no other, there is no other thing that could happen to any person, so great, as to change him from death to Life. A man, if he was dying, physically, and could be healed physically, that would be a great thing, but nothing so great as when he is spiritually dead and God has quickened him to Life.

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  38      "You once, in times past, dead." You were dead. Even many here tonight, one time, can look back and know that you were dead. But now why aren't you dead tonight, as you were then? You deserve to be that way, because you was a sinner, "but God Who is rich in mercy." That's the--that's the thing, "God Who was rich." All these things that we were, "but God"! That made the change right there, "God Who is rich in mercy"!

39    Oh, I'm so glad for that, that He being rich in mercy. If He was just rich in money, if He was just rich in materials, which He is, but yet the greatest thing is being rich in mercy. Oh, what a great word that is, how that we were once dead.

*AND UNTIL WE GET TO THE PLACE THAT OUR OWN IDEAS AND OUR OWN THINKING IS COMPLETELY GONE AND IT'S ROTTED AWAY FROM US, THEN THE GERM OF LIFE CAN BEGIN TO LIVE.

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  40      And we was speaking the other night on how the seed must die. And everything around that germ of life must not only die, but rot. If it doesn't rot, it cannot live. And rot is, "completely done away with; it's finished." And until we get to the place that our own ideas and our own thinking is completely gone and it's rotted away from us, then the germ of life can begin to live.

Psa 25:8  Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. 

Psa 25:9  The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. 

Psa 25:10  All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. 

Psa 25:11  For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. 

Psa 25:12  What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 

Psa 25:13  His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 

Psa 25:14  The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. 

Psa 25:15  Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. 

Psa 31:5  Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. 

Psa 31:6  I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. 

Psa 31:7  I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; 

Psa 31:8  And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. 

Psa 31:9  Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 

Psa 31:10  For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 

Psa 31:11  I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 

Psa 31:12  I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. 

Psa 31:13  For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. 

Psa 31:14  But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. 

Psa 31:15  My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. 

Psa 31:16  Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. 

Psa 31:17  Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. 

Psa 31:18  Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. 

Psa 31:19  Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!