I. EXORDIUM:
Do you have GOD in you?
II. AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Believers
III. OBJECTIVES:
To show that all these good characters exist because GOD revealed it to us thru the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
IV. TEXT:
Nehemiah 9:17 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
They refused to obey and did not remember the miracles you had done for them. Instead, they became stubborn and appointed a leader to take them back to their slavery in Egypt! But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,
"But you are a God of forgiveness, gracious and merciful, slow to become angry, and rich in unfailing love. You did not abandon them,"
V. THESIS:
GOD revealed His good attributes to us thru the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
VI. TITLE:
GOD's Infinite Character
VII. EXPLICATION:
A. Author: uncertain. Autobiography of Nehemiah
B. Date written: 445 B.C. to 430 B.C.
C. Purpose: To document the political restoration of Judah, under Nehemiah's leadership
D. To whom written: Restored remnant in Jerusalem and future generations
E. Main themes:
Rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem
Rehearsal of certain divine laws
Restoration of ancient ordinances
F. Keyword: wall
G. Key verses:
Nehemiah 6:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
so I replied by sending this message to them: “I am engaged in a great work, so I can’t come. Why should I stop working to come and meet with you?”
Nehemiah 6:15-16 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
So on October 2 the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.
When our enemies and the surrounding nations heard about it, they were frightened and humiliated. They realized this work had been done with the help of our God.
VIII. MAIN BODY:
A. Forgiving GOD
"But you are a God of forgiveness"
Acts 10:43 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name.”
Acts 13:38 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
“Brothers, listen! We are here to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your sins.
Ephesians 1:7 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins.
Colossians 1:14 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
who purchased our freedom and forgave our sins.
1. Forgave it all, all He can offer to us is His Great Love not His wrath.
John 3:16 (Amplified Bible)
For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life.
B. Gracious GOD
"gracious"
2 Peter 1:2 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
May God give you more and more grace and peace as you grow in your knowledge of God and Jesus our Lord.
2 Peter 3:18 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Rather, you must grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. All glory to him, both now and forever! Amen.
Hebrews 4:16 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
1. The LORD JESUS CHRIST is full of all grace and truth not His mother, Mary, not anyone but the LORD JESUS CHRIST alone is full of all grace.
John 1:14 (Amplified Bible)
And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth.
John 1:17 (Amplified Bible)
For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:6 (Amplified Bible)
Which has come to you. Indeed, in the whole world [that Gospel] is bearing fruit and still is growing [by its own inherent power], even as it has done among yourselves ever since the day you first heard and came to know and understand the grace of God in truth. [You came to know the grace or undeserved favor of God in reality, deeply and clearly and thoroughly, becoming accurately and intimately acquainted with it.]
C. Compassionate GOD
"and merciful"
2 Corinthians 1:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort.
James 5:11 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
We give great honor to those who endure under suffering. For instance, you know about Job, a man of great endurance. You can see how the Lord was kind to him at the end, for the Lord is full of tenderness and mercy.
Lamentations 3:22 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The faithful love of the Lord never ends! His mercies never cease.
1. The LORD JESUS CHRIST proved His Love for us when He died on the cross instead of us.
Galatians 3:13-14 (Amplified Bible)
Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified);
To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit.
D. Slow to anger
"slow to become angry"
Psalms 103:8 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The Lord is compassionate and merciful, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love.
Psalms 30:5 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime! Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning.
Psalms 86:15 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
But you, O Lord, are a God of compassion and mercy, slow to get angry and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
1. The LORD JESUS CHRIST's zeal for GOD the FATHER's house overcame his anger.
Psalms 69:9 (Amplified Bible)
For zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You have fallen upon me.
John 2:17 (Amplified Bible)
And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.]
E. Abounding in love
"and rich in unfailing love"
Exodus 34:6 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
The Lord passed in front of Moses, calling out, “Yahweh! The Lord! The God of compassion and mercy! I am slow to anger and filled with unfailing love and faithfulness.
Numbers 14:18 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
‘The Lord is slow to anger and filled with unfailing love, forgiving every kind of sin and rebellion. But he does not excuse the guilty. He lays the sins of the parents upon their children; the entire family is affected—even children in the third and fourth generations.’
Jeremiah 31:3 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
Long ago the Lord said to Israel: “I have loved you, my people, with an everlasting love. With unfailing love I have drawn you to myself.
Psalms 144:2 (New Living Translation, Second Edition)
He is my loving ally and my fortress, my tower of safety, my rescuer. He is my shield, and I take refuge in him. He makes the nations submit to me.
1. The LORD JESUS CHRIST rich and abounding in love gave his life for his enemies and called them friends.
John 15:13 (New International Version)
Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.
Romans 5:10 (New International Version)
For if, when we were God's enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life!
IX. CONCLUSION:
GOD revealed His good attributes to us thru the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
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