The Ways of God: How God Reveals Himself Before a Watching World

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“God's goal is first to reveal Himself to the world so they will know Him and be drawn to Him—not simply to accomplish a task.” (source)

“God chooses to work in and through a person who believes Him, trusts Him, and obeys Him.” (source)

“Discipline is not the same thing as punishment. The purpose of discipline is training. God uses discipline to bring us back into a right relationship with Him so that we can receive His love. We can see the harshness of God in the Bible, but it is harshness against the sin that destroys humanity, the object of God's love.” (source)

“Faith is the confident expectation that God will do what He has said He will do. Faith is accepting God's statement as clear evidence of what we do not yet see (Heb. 11:1). However, faith is not blind. Faith is based on what we know about God.” (source)

“God. Repenting, or turning from the confessed sin, brings God's mercy. Repentance also means that we believe God will respond by withholding judgment and extending His own righteousness to cover our sins. God in His mercy is willing to forgive us and remove the penalty that we deserve. God's grace gives us what we do not deserve—exemption from the judgment. God forgives us because it is His way.” (source)