https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god Biblical perspectives from parenting to politics Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1018 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 03:34:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1018 What a wonderful story..thanks for sharing it!  There are so many people who frown on deathbed confessions, although I cannot figure out why.  I have yet to find a Scripture that says the angels in heaven rejoice over a lost sinner coming to faith except the one’s who do so on thier deathbed.  We all have the same gift – salvation.  Wether we accept it at the age of two or one hundred and two it is the same….now, there may different rewards that we recieve based on our service to the Lord, but that gift is always there for anyone at any point in thier life.  Think of the vines that bear fruit, more fruit and much fruit.  Each vine doesn’t bear much fruit.  For some reason there are vines harder to keep healthy than others…but they still produce fruit.  Even if it is one little grape it is still fruit!  May we always rejoice with the angels when a sinner cry’s out for salvation and welcome them with open arms!

]]> https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1017 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 02:36:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1017 PTL!  “Mercy and truth” hand in hand… 

]]> https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1016 Thu, 17 Aug 2006 01:00:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1016 Very interesting thought Luke. Thanks!

]]> https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1015 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 22:51:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1015 The catch-phrase “yesssss!” comes to mind…because I think that this life is simply God’s attempt to cajole our free spirits into embracing him. It’s a carefully crafted persuasion, and if a person just goes through their life resisting it, the urgency just increases. So if a person responds to God early in life, that’s great, but if they respond later in life, then it’s like God’s been watching, waiting, hoping that something would break through before it was too late…and then, just in time, it DOES! YESSSS!

]]> https://jarodhinton.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1014 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 03:12:00 +0000 https://preacherdad.com/stony-ground-and-the-mercy-of-god/#comment-1014 What a God indeed! “As high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His mercy toward us; as far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us!” This Psalm struck the chords of my heart afresh just a while ago as I walked out into our grassy,side yard which is quite dark at night. I looked up into a vastness that took my breath away! The sky is so clear tonight and the space between my little grassy yard and the light my eyes were capturing from stars billions of light years away in outer space simply overwhelmed me! How vast and transcendant! This is the Psalmist’s description of God’s mercy to us! “As high as the heavens are above the earth…” Keep making the voice of His praise to be heard, brother!

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