{"id":8735,"date":"2017-03-09T21:42:02","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T02:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/jimerwin\/?p=8735"},"modified":"2017-03-09T21:42:02","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T02:42:02","slug":"god-repetitive-grace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/jimerwin\/2017\/03\/09\/god-repetitive-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The God of Repetitive Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><h1 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/747\/2017\/03\/Moses041.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8736\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8736 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/747\/2017\/03\/Moses041-171x300.jpg\" alt=\"The God of Repetitive Grace\" width=\"171\" height=\"300\"><\/a><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The God of Repetitive Grace<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\">March 8, 2017 Year A<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Exodus 34:1-9<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moses broke the first tablets. So God lets Moses bring another set of tablets to write the commandments again. Why is this important? Because God is a compassionate and gracious God (Exodus 34:6). He says that about Himself. He proved it by allowing Moses a chance to write the commandments again after breaking the first stones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">When we break the commandments, God is gracious enough to maintain faithful love. He will also punish those who break the commandments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">So why did God write out the commandments a second time and why does he call himself compassionate and gracious? God identifies Himself as a compassionate and gracious God (Exodus 34:6-7). He is revealing a characteristic about Himself.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">He is compassionate and gracious and therefore God allows His children to repeat the lesson to learn it. When we fail, God will pick us back up and let us relearn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The key is asking for forgiveness (Exodus 34:7). If I do something wrong, but I don\u2019t ask for forgiveness, then I am guilty. God will punish the guilty. But if I ask for forgiveness, then God will let me learn and let me repeat \u2013 to get it right.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by Jos\u00e9 de Ribera [Public domain], <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File%3AMoses041.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The God of Repetitive Grace March 8, 2017 Year A Exodus 34:1-9 Moses broke the first tablets. So God lets Moses bring another set of tablets to write the commandments again. Why is this important? Because God is a compassionate and gracious God (Exodus 34:6). He says that about Himself. 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