If they will not adore My mercy [learn how to love God and not sin], they will perish for all eternity [This mercy (help) is their only hope]. But God doesn’t need to constantly tolerate our blatant rejection of Him and can remove His help from us if He wills. It’s interesting to see how they are portrayed. 105-106). God gives the gift and most certainly can take it away if He wishes. 13. Just remember, sometimes God’s will (our greatest good) is for us to suffer and other times it isn’t. Then the cross is removed. To learn more please read, “How Can I Gain Humility.”. Then the wonderful life of peace and saving faith God wants to bring us to is never obtained. For the suffering, the bewildered and the hopeless, He employs His rich mercy. It is much more than most realize. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments [the entire Word or at least try]” (John 14:15). God's will is perfect and diverse; it leads us to Heaven. That open door is a beautiful picture of God’s heart toward sinners. And if we become one of the few, who come to learn how to accept His gifts (grace) and not reject them, we will have the ultimate gift of Eternal Life, for “we know that all things [the good and bad] work for good for those who [truly] love God” (Romans 8:28). How did Christ learn obedience? Let's learn how to ask God for the help we need. What is more important than that? He could have seen the boy in the distance and said, “It’s about time! No, I patted him and called him good names. some of us are so desperate for God’s help; we will do anything to receive it. Since we live in the time of such great darkness, most have been greatly deceived as to The Way.  the slightest offence against God again. He had run out of his own resources. The Search OF the Savior: Why Jesus Came, Part 2 (Gal. Therefore, if we want to receive God’s mercy, don’t trust in ourselves and what we think is good by demanding our way, doing everything possible beyond moderation to remove our cross, so we don’t have to suffer. Therefore, remove our sin, then God hears and answers our prayers. To learn more please read, “What is True Sorrow.”. This is one of the most moving pictures of God in all the Bible. sorrow for offending God–which is an abomination of love and rejects saving grace. Can we emphasize grace too much. That is because most of us still, at least, have an attachment to our own will (self-love), if not an attachment to many other sins too, and the moment our contrition subsides our self-love rejects God’s saving mercy and we loose our state of grace. At first it just seems like an interesting and touching story. And it just so happened that one night the girl came home, tried the door, found it open, and went in, never to go out and sin again. Will God Punish Me and Others for My Sins? Oh, there is an evil that is killing us and it isn't what we think it is at all. If we only knew what God has planned for every moment, we would never despair again. If he had thought that his dad would beat him black and blue and order him never to set foot on his property again, he wouldn’t have bothered to go home. God is love and love is mercy and justice combined. 3). I can’t tell you how many times all God wants of us is for us to say “yes” to His will: to be willing to suffer and sacrifice what we want if that is what God desires. Giving us this actual (helping) grace is just one of the ways God shows His love for us by helping us in our daily lives so we can grow in faith to come to believe in Him with a SAVING FAITH–a faith so great we can’t bear offending Him (has true sorrow) and doesn’t fear what God allows to happen, but trusts in God’s will as perfect for us, believing it guides us to Heaven. Let's learn how to run to God for strength to bear well all He allows. “While he was still a long way off, his father saw him” (15:20). Why/why not? If we seek forgiveness but still lack true sorrow for any sin, we reject forgiveness. You can go to Europe, stay in first class hotels, eat at the finest restaurants, and live like a king. We can’t splash the cologne of our good works over the stench of the pigsty and hope that He doesn’t notice how badly we smell. True repentance includes an honest confession of our sins, without any excuses. Theologians have defined “mercy” in clear terms. Sometimes we pray and God doesn’t seem to respond with grace. If we desire/long for anything other than God, we reject God's saving love. But if we are set on seeking God to get what we want–to remove the cross, even if it is against God’s will–we will lose the grace we need, that God intended to send us, whether it was a healing (removal of the cross) or strength to carry it or something far beyond our understanding…maybe even something for our future welfare. So we don’t die from a lack of nutrients in our soil, lets begin by learning what the vastness of God’s mercy really is and gain some nourishment, so we can desire to do all that is necessary to embrace God’s mercy when He sends it and grow wonderfully in faith, yielding fruit thirty, sixty, or a hundredfold–growing into an exact image of Christ. If we pray, attend the Mass and receive the sacraments, fast, give alms (donate money), do works of mercy, sacrifice and suffer for souls and think for a moment we “deserve” or even expect God’s mercy from our actions, we will be lucky if God sends us any grace that we can accept. Desiring to remain in any of our sinful ways rejects Life for sin. Wednesday, November 11, 2020. Sure, our accidental habitual sins that we hate (are putting for much effort to stop) but just creep into our lives will take much power from God to remove completely. Furthermore, if we think we can manipulate God, oh, how foolish are we! The brother who had never strayed, but who is probably hungry after working all day, remains outside, sulking. There is debate as to the significance of this request in light of the Jewish culture, but some say that it was the equivalent of treating the father as if he were already dead. Then a famine hit and the young man began to be in need. When you’re with them, you can feel your temperature rising or your patience wearing thin. There are two reasons for that…sometimes it is from our rejection of it and sometimes from God having a greater plan through our patient pursuit of grace. for the greater good (His perfect plan) in the future. If he had clung to his own pride, he would have thought, “I’m not going to let him see me in this condition. Actually, since we can’t read our souls, we will never know what kind of state of grace our souls are in (unless God gives us a special gift of that knowledge)…so always strive to increase our fear of sin and love of God.If we want to be saved, our actions need to grow from just being able to receive grace superficially, into being “truly good” which means they were done while being united with Christ in a state of grace. Christ taught us The Way to Heaven...let's learn how to really follow Him. God promises to be close to you when you feel brokenhearted. This is the truth. Oh, how many of us have gone about doing things our way, rejecting God (His commands and plan) so we can live and do as we wish? After we see God’s great love, in a way we can understand (removing our suffering), God hopes we will want to love Him in return: by working hard to stop offending Him and embracing our crosses (trusting in Him) as we surrender our will for His, so we can allow God to lead us to a life of true joy, a SAVING FAITH of true love for Him and even perfect sanctity. But sadly so few do this. It is a tragedy of unfathomable proportions. Most parents of young children have had the experience of putting their child in front of a mirror. Then learning what God wants us to do. Mercy is given and received only. As you can see, this mercy (help) God gives is really meant to help us grow into a saving faith and then towards becoming a perfect saint…so we can one day perfectly love God, not to give us what we want so we can have a pain free life. Oh Lord, Let your unmerited favour prevail in every situations of my life in Jesus name. They exchanged the truth of God [being The Way to happiness] for a lie [the world’s pleasures being The Way] and revered and worshiped the creature [family and friends as the source of happiness] rather than the creator” (Romans 1:24-25). He doesn’t go inside, but he calls one of the servants and asks what is happening. Can I be Forgiven of Some Sins but Not All Sins? If they had been doing so, they would have rejoiced to see sinners coming to Jesus. For a long time no one knew where she was, but finally she came back, turned to Christ in repentance, and believed in Him. We simply can’t rely on what we think is best, but trust in what God allows as best…even when something tragic occurs. Until we relent our will for God’s, the grace we seek simply won’t be sent. We have little if any efforts to stop our habitual sins…to remove our idols (attachments); sadly, we love our sins and the world instead of God, and that rejects His grace. Will an Indulgence Take Away My Punishment for My Sins? If we have great humility our hearts are open and can accept great grace. Here comes that no good son of mine! Oh, how many of us know what God wants us to do, but we just don’t want to do it. We can speculate on what we think God is like, but such speculations don’t mean anything, because they are just our opinions, not based in fact. He’s going to have to toe the line from now on!”. What I mean is, we can do bounds of things that can potentially obtain us grace from God, but nothing we do can “force” God to give us His grace. Learn why the saints warn us "scarcely anyone is saved" --St. Alphonsus. We need: Sadly, most don’t live these great means of receiving mercy. Jesus leaves the story hanging, with the older brother outside. But if we have some kind of sorrow for a sin and approach God, especially in confession, we can accept God’s helping grace, which will help us stop the sin and help move us into obtaining true contrition. We could have greatÂ. For so many years I have been serving you, and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a kid, that I might be merry with my friends.” He is bitter, accusing his dad of being stingy and unfair. We don’t really understand how much we need God’s helping saving mercy in our lives. Since for the Jews pigs were unclean animals, this boy had sunk as low as you could go. But never think receiving mercy or changing is going to be easy especially at first; it will just be possible. If we really want to love someone, give them the gift of fear of the Lord…without it we are dead. God has a perfect plan for marriage without lust. He got up and made that long journey back. (1) Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. We don’t even care that we are offending God as we live a life with bounds of sins we aren’t even working to amend. It fetched the stick and, wagging its tail, dropped it at Spurgeon’s feet. We simply have to stop repeating our same failing effort and just do what God wants. “When you pray any prayer to me, always end your prayer with the intention that my will always shall be done and not yours…Sometimes you also pray for some things that are against your own welfare and that is why it is necessary for you to entrust your will to me, for I know all things and do not provide you with anything but what is beneficial. You don’t have to brace yourself for the big lecture about how stupid you’ve been. To learn more please read, “What is God’s Will.”. But while they all illustrate the same truth, there are different emphases. As Paul received mercy, we also receive mercy from God. But mercy can’t be taken from God. Receive it – God provides His mercy, but we have to respond and receive it. And if we become perfectly humble, perfectly knowing our littleness/nothingness–we will obtain all of God’s grace and become perfect just like St. Therese of Lisieux was able to achieve. To learn more please read, why “very few Christians are saved” (St. Augustine) on the home page article of this web-site. That would be senseless. There was food and music and dancing as they celebrated the return of his son who had been dead and had come to life again; who had been lost and now was found. Why Does God Allow Suffering and Punishment? Let's learn how to use suffering and punishment according to God's plan. If we don’t want to become perfect, then what sins and worldly treasure do we want to keep? Let's learn how to gain that trust. Anointing of the sin sends great grace. If you, like the prodigal, have rebelled against God and have come to see your wretched condition, your response should be like his: Get up, leave your sin, go to the Father and appeal for His mercy. But rebelling against God and plunging into sin is like buying things on credit when you have no money to pay. The devil has us proudfully professing we are in the state of grace even though we can’t read our souls. Of the sixty-six books of the Bible, only sixteen do not use one of these words for mercy. Now, there is nothing wrong with seeking God’s mercy, for any of those things, IF we are seeking His help in accordance with His will, which is what most of us don’t do. Therefore, no matter how God sends us His help or forgiveness, if He heals, blessed or forgives us, the bottom line intention for all of the love He gives, and really for everything He allows, is toÂ, And if we become one of the few, who come to learn how to accept His gifts (grace) and not reject them, we will have the ultimate gift of Eternal Life, for, The number one way we receive continual mercy from God is from our prayers. If we don’t know this, we will approach God feeling some kind of sorry or guilt for sinning, thinking that is enough to be forgiven, when we still haven’t allowed God’s helping grace to give us a truly contrite heart and we will never approach God with a sincere, humble heart so to receive the grace we need. Yet, penance in all of its forms saves. What Mercy! Therefore, if don’t have humility…forgiving mercy simply can’t be obtained. But again don’t expect God to give us an effortless step to change. You’re seeing all of the pent-up anger of the years boiling over. I’ll return to my father after I’ve cleaned up and gotten a new suit of clothes.”. We should cry out to God to help us so we can KNOW, SERVE and LOVE HIM more perfectly for the salvation of souls. When we grow in true trust in God all of our worries will be gone and we will live in great peace. The goal of God’s mercy. The younger of this man’s two sons asks his father for his share of the inheritance. God wanted to bless me with His gifts, but I couldn’t receive them if I kept trying to earn them or deserve them. A plan that is to help each other leave sin and grow towards sanctity. That should be the motive of literally every thought, word and deed. As with doing justly, mercy is another requirement simply because it is a character trait of God: He is merciful. Gaining a real desire to live the faith–to amend our entire life towards becoming a real saint, as God commands–is where our heart needs to be if we really want God’s unfathomable helping or forgiving mercy.Â. We don’t know if he ever came in to join the party, in spite of the father’s gracious and gentle appeal. However, even if we still don’t fully trust, and we pray for God’s help with something, some times God will still answer our prayers anyway. At the beach that day, God whispered to the woman and invited her to receive a new beginning. The father shows us God’s great mercy toward repentant sinners. To learn more please read, “What is God’s Will.”. He dumps the whole load all at once, instantly. How To Face The Last Days Without Fear! Living God’s will won’t be so hard anymore…as we accept grace after grace; then His will will become EASY. All of our sins are blotted out. Therefore, if we want to be forgiven of all of our sins, so to be saved by Jesus, we need enough of God’s helping mercy to grow into a faith to have not true sorrow for one sin, but true contrition for each and every sin we have ever committed. There are clear steps to humble prayer. Some through wishful thinking might even mis-translate our prayers, The Word and do all sorts of things so to not believe this is so. Oh, there are many different kinds of love...lets learn what they are so our love for God can grow from some love into perfect love. Heaven, Hell and Purgatory, for most, is quite different that we might expect. He had a hope, however slim, that his father would grant his request that he become like one of the hired men. comprehending how we don’t “deserve” anything from God since we are such great sinners. How many failures is it going to take for some of us to learn this? Sin always alienates the sinner from fellowship with the loving and merciful Father. 2) Oh Lord, let me receive favour in all area of my life in Jesus name. Please don’t be deceived. Guide me by your fidelity and teach me, for you are God my savior, for you I wait all the day long.” (Psalm 25:4-5). So many souls aren’t obtaining a saving faith, since we aren’t learning.Â, and our sins are the number one reason God allows so much of our suffering too.Â, Oh, it is our sins which cause God to turn His face from us–that cause Him to send no help–since we beg and beg God for help with. The number one way we receive continual mercy from God is from our prayers. Yes, few, even among those who consider themselves very faithful, have a correct understand of what God’s mercy really is and its purpose. But the sins, we know we are doing but just don’t have enough desire to stop, is directly from a lack of will. Jesus Christ reveals to us what God the Father is truly like. We might not like God's punishments, but they are real and even effect others. Therefore to receive much grace–to grow in faith correctly and receive much help in our lives–here is a more complete list of what we need to obtain the great mercy God has waiting for us. Temptation has much good for our souls even though it can cause us to sin. We must come to correctly know of God’s mercy, so we can approach Him with the HUMILITY we need to embrace His gifts He has waiting for us, or we will become amoung the vast number of souls who die (go to Hell) from not even knowing how much we needed Jesus’ mercy to save us but sadly lied to ourselves saying we wanted His mercy, when we only rejected it…from lacking contrition for our sins.Â, “If sinners knew My mercy, they would not perish in such great numbers.”. To interpret the parable correctly, you must see it in light of Luke 15:1-2. Growing in faith happens from prayers and actions combined. God welcomes repentant sinners with abundant mercy, but the self-righteous exclude themselves from His mercy. God’s love is incredible. Then the wonderful things God intends to happen will. Let's learn what they are. How can we stop sinning to receive mercy, if we don’t have enough mercy (strength) to amend our sins? Also, please seek the Blessed Mother, who is in Heaven, for help…for many of us, since our prayers are so poor–full of self-love/pride/much sin–she is our only hope, since she will present our requests to God, on our behalf, perfectly. “Souls perish in spite of My bitter Passion [sign of My love for them]. Here's how to receive His mercy now. To learn more please read, “How Can I Really Trust in God.”. If this is something your heart desires, seek it out. “Look! Plus, throughout this entire website I speak about the different ways to accept God’s grace.Â. 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