Remember Mercy
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In “Remember Mercy,” Pastor Dean Odle presents a Scripture-centered message about divine judgment, grace and mercy, prayer. Drawing especially from Luke 19, Matthew 22, Amos 3, Habakkuk 3, the teaching emphasizes that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. Odle connects that foundation with the conviction that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience.
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Odle focuses on grace and mercy. The message argues that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Luke 19, Matthew 22. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Amos 3, Habakkuk 3. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on prayer. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God’s grace forgives and also trains believers to leave sin and live in obedience. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
Odle focuses on Bible prophecy while working through Ezekiel 29, Ezekiel 38. The message argues that prophecy should produce discernment, readiness, and faithfulness rather than speculation alone. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on divine judgment while working through Matthew 24. The message argues that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. It connects this with the conviction that the sermon relates Israel’s place in Scripture to the unfolding prophetic picture. The practical emphasis is to remain watchful, grounded in Scripture, and ready to obey Christ.
Odle focuses on the condition of the church. The message argues that the church is called to recover biblical faithfulness instead of accommodating compromise. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to test the teaching by Scripture and apply it through faithful obedience.
Odle focuses on prayer while working through 2 Peter 3. The message argues that prayer expresses dependence on God and prepares believers to hear and obey Him. It connects this with the conviction that God’s judgment is treated as righteous, certain, and a reason to repent while mercy is offered. The practical emphasis is to seek God in prayer and act on what Scripture requires.
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father we're praying god that you will be merciful lord even in the midst of your judgments even in the midst of your wrath even on what we know is coming to america lord we pray that you will remember mercy and that you will revive your work in the midst of those years lord we ask you to help us understand what it means to deserve wrath and to get mercy lord we pray that today in jesus name amen amen hallelujah needless to say the lord changed my message last night so shall we all turn to habakkuk chapter 3. not too often you hear preachers say turn to habakkuk and i've heard it pronounced two different ways habakkuk not quite sure small book in the old testament but it's got a powerful message that i think we need to understand because it's about to happen to america and those of you that have been in church here know especially in the last year or so that the lord has been speaking and confirming to me and to many others that judgment is coming to america god's wrath is coming to the united states now here's the good news even in the midst of god's wrath and judgments if you cry out for mercy and the people of god cry out for mercy even in the midst of that god can show his mercy to people and in unusual and and powerful ways and that's why i'm going to share this this morning because it needs to be our prayer and i'm going to show you where in the bible that when times of judgment were coming or they were there that god instructed his people to cry out and pray for mercy i'm going to give you a brief definition of what mercy is this morning before we go any further but mercy is really what a lot of people call grace grace is not great people call grace unmerited favor but that's really not the definition of grace it's really the definition of mercy mercy is undeserved unmerited compassion and favor
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and forgiveness from god when we deserve his judgment and wrath can anybody say mercy is good there's not a soul living there's not a christian living i don't care how godly and how anointed and how holy a christian may be living their lives they still need mercy you know why because none of us do it perfect and the moment you start thinking that you don't need mercy as a christian you have moved into pride and that is america's problem and that is the church's problem because you know what we have in america right now in the american church is we have all these people thinking that because of god's grace because of jesus dying on the cross and because they simply believe in him that they are okay that everything's okay and basically it's exactly what jesus said was the attitude of the lukewarm church we're re rich and increased with goods we're blessed and we have need of nothing and they didn't know and jesus told them he said you don't even know and this is where america is and this is why god's gonna have to allow america to suffer some judgments in wrath because americans will not wake up and see that you know what we have been blessed but the blessing is now turning into a curse prosperity and peace and freedom now have led us to laziness and sin and unrighteousness and compromise and a false sense of security and so god in his mercy actually let me say this and i've said it before i'm going to say it again but actually god's judgments even when he pours out his wrath and his judgments and even his discipline on christians even when he pours out that on on his people it is still mercy because it is it is even sent to wake us up it is set to shake us out of our apathy lethargy out of our lukewarmness out of our compromise and i believe that this morning when i was praying god was showing me something that even in his wrath in his in his fierce anger and i will say that plainly in his fierce anger toward americans and the american church for its compromise and sin and lukewarmness and false teachings and all the crazy stuff that's going on in the american church even in his wrath for in america over abortion over pornography over over all of our our our worship of
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money and worship of of of of you know entertainment idols in all of that god still looks upon this nation with great love and great compassion and a great desire to see us return to him he doesn't want to bring the wrath and the destruction and the pain that's going to come he doesn't want to but we have left him no alternative this is what people don't know god's wrath and judgment that is his last that's his last thing he has to get our attention if we won't listen in a time of peace and prosperity and blessing he will send wrath and judgment and correction and sometimes it is severe and i marvel there are people out there and i see them on facebook facebook's driving me crazy right now i think i'm going to take a break because there's so many insane people who call themselves christians insane and they have really got a concept i even read some stuff last night i'm like they've got a concept that somehow god is not a god of judgment anymore in the new testament and i'm sitting here thinking have you read the book of revelation have you read the book of second peter have you read the book of second thessalonians have you read the book of matthew maybe the gospel and i'm sitting here going he's not a god of wrath you know a lot of people talk about jesus prophesied in luke 19 he prophesied in luke 19 that jerusalem would be completely destroyed the temple would be torn down because they rejected him now guess what that judgment and he said it in matthew 22 because he gave a parable talking about it and he said that the lord would be angry and send forth his armies to burn up their city [Music] well that happened in 70 a.d 70 a.d was new testament time right and god said i sent titus see we don't like to think about god like that he said i sent titus to destroy jerusalem and the temple and to burn up the city and to kill a million jews and to scatter them to the four winds for 1878 years where they were persecuted even in the countries where they were scattered to six million jews in europe were killed in world war ii we forget now listen to me closely we have this dichotomy with god as much as he is a god of mercy and love
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he is a god of judgment and wrath it's hard at times for us to reconcile those two but let me say this here is the scripture it's plain and simple and this is this is the good news of the gospel that god is rich in mercy to those who turn to him and ask to those who humble themselves and say i have sinned i have grieved you i have disobeyed you i have disappointed you god i have hurt you i've heard other people to to those who will say god have mercy on me a sinner jesus forgive me i want to change i want you and i want to do it your way [Music] the bible is clear god is abundant in mercy he will forgive every sin he will wash it away the bible says and throw it in the sea of forgetfulness and remember it no more and make you a son or daughter of god with a ring and a robe and put you in right standing with him it's amazing that's what the blood of jesus on the cross and his resurrection bought and paid for us the opportunity the possibility to even though we deserve wrath to get mercy amen that's good news but guess what not everyone does that not everyone humbles themselves not everyone repents not everyone returns to him humbly and says forgive me lord [Music] i'm gonna let go of the sin and follow you not everyone does that so there's many christians in the world right now who refuse to repent return to the lord and there's many nations that are just god hating nations hello let me say this you go back you go back to the to the time of of abraham and we're going to get to habakkuk and forgot but we go back to the time of abraham and it's something that god said to abraham when he put him in that deep sleep and he told him he said he said your your people are going to be slaves 400 years and then i'm going to bring them out with a mighty arm but what did he tell him he said because the iniquity the iniquity of the amorites are not yet full every nation every nation that's ever been on the face of the earth every nation has what uh what the bible calls a cup of iniquity everybody know what iniquity is
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