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Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O Lord, and teach him out of your law; that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dug for the wicked. (Psalm 94:12,13)

This is a beautiful verse that could be easily misunderstood to mean something else, if not interpreted in its right context. The word “chasten” is most often used in the negative sense, to mean God’s “punishment” and rightly so, it’s … Continue reading

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Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. (Exodus 34:7)

Sounds like a paradox doesn’t it for God to show Himself as the merciful forgiving One and then immediately change tone into a God who punishes generations for sins? This is where the infamous preaching on generational curses came forth … Continue reading

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