940 God’s Righteous Disposition Is Vivid and Vital
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God’s righteous disposition is vivid and vital.
Intro
He changes His thoughts and attitudes
according to how things develop.
The change in His attitude towards the Ninevites
tells man God’s ideas are His own.
Verse 1
God is not a robot or statue,
but the living God Himself.
He could seethe at the people of Nineveh,
as He could forgive their pasts
because of their attitudes.
He could choose to destroy the Ninevites
or forgive them if they repent.
Verse 2
God’s thoughts are always transforming
with the way situations change.
While these thoughts continue evolving,
the many different aspects
of the substance of God are shown.
The moment God’s heart reconsiders,
He shows man His life’s real existence.
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God’s righteous disposition is vivid and vital.
Bridge 1
God’s true revelations give proof to mankind
of the existence of His wrath and His mercy,
His lovingkindness and His tolerance.
Verse 3
God reveals parts of His substance
according to how things progress.
God retains the wrath of a lion
and a mother’s mercy and tolerance.
His righteous disposition
can’t be questioned or violated,
or twisted or changed by anyone.
Verse 4
God’s righteous disposition,
that is, God’s wrath and mercy,
can be shown at any time or setting
among all things and matters.
He gives these vital expressions
at all corners of creation
with every passing moment.
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God’s righteous disposition is vivid and vital.
Bridge 2
God’s righteous disposition is not constrained
by time or by space, but rather it is expressed
with perfect ease in all times and places.
Outro
When God has a change of heart
and ceases to show His wrath
and allows Nineveh to live,
can you say that God is just loving and merciful?
Can you say God’s wrath is nothing but empty words?
When God rages with wrath,
and when He takes mercy back,
can you say He feels no true love for man?
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique II