The God Of Another Chance.

I wonder is there any person here who has been in a situation in which you really wanted something to work out for you but it didn’t. Or have you ever felt like if I just had another chance, I know I could make this thing work.

When I look back over my life, at some of the situations that I have been involved in, and some of the choices that we have made, it makes me think, if only I had another chance.

I know that there are many of you sitting on this live this morning thinking if only I had another chance, I wouldn’t have moved where I moved. If only I had another chance, I would have finished school. If only I had another chance, I wouldn’t have gotten involved in some of the things that I was involved in.

Webster describes the word 2nd as one that is, next after the first. (think about it). The spiritual significance of the number 2 in the bible denotes a difference.

When we think about the number 2 or 2nd in the bible we know that it is different from the first.

We notice that the number 1 excludes all differences. (When you have 1 of something you have nothing to compare it with). When you have 2 of something, there has to be a difference. One has to be first, and the other has to be second. In other words, they can be equal in all aspects, but they can never be the same.

Notice that the number 2 is the first number in which we can divide another. When the earth laid in chaos, its condition was ruin and darkness. The 2nd thing recorded in connection with the creation was the introduction of a 2nd thing which was light. When the 2nd thing came into being, immediately there was a difference and there was a division. The bible says that God divided the light from the darkness and the light he called day, and the darkness, he called night.

The 2nd person of the trinity took on 2 natures, perfect God and perfect Man. There are 2 testaments, the old and the new. There are 2 natures, the sin nature and the son nature. The number two or second has significant meanings.

Sometimes when we make a mistake in life it feels so final. When you make a serious mistake you might think it’s all over for you. I want to let you know this morning CHURCH that the game of life isn’t like a game in which you only have 1 chance to win before it’s over.

I want to let you know that when you make a mistake in this life, with God you get another chance. I know that the songwriter says that he is a God of a second chance, but can I tell you that he is a God of another chance.

The bible that I read tells me that the God I serve is a God of mercy. The word mercy means to extend help to the lowliest or the most undeserving.

It implies that mercy or compassion overshadows punishment, even when justice demands it. (You see, justice demanded that each and every one should have been dead, but mercy stepped in and said, not so.

Mercy is a word we throw around. We use it often in our prayers. We sing it in our songs. We talk about it in our Jargon, “There by the grace of God go I.” Justice demanded that you and I should die, but mercy stepped in and said not so.

So, great is God’s mercy that it is almost inexpressible. God’s mercy knows no limit. Because there is no one who is beyond his saving power. His mercy reaches to the highest mountain and flows to the lowest valley. In fact I love that song that says, “Your Grace and Mercy, brought me through, I’m living this moment, because of you.” Because can I tell somebody this morning that if it had not been for the Lord who was on my side, I never would have made it. Because I was a wretch undone… Satan was getting ready to celebrate. Satan thought he had me but the Lord gave me another chance.

The bible says that God is a God of mercy and compassion and that his mercies are new every morning,

but my problem is that today is a new day, yet many people lives will remain the same. There nothing changing in our lives. Our attitudes are the same, our habits and their lifestyles are unchanged. That’s because we fail to realize that there is new life in Christ Jesus.

But let me tell you this morning that God and God alone can wipe away the old, and bring in the new. God alone can give us a new start in life. Understand that it is the Lord that gives us another chance.