942 God Is Abundantly Merciful and Profoundly Wrathful
Intro
The mercy and tolerance of God do indeed exist.
But in God’s holiness and righteousness,
when He unleashes His wrath,
He’ll show man that He suffers no offense.
Verse 1
When man obeys God’s commands, acts by His demands,
God’s mercy for them is abundant.
When man is corrupt and hateful toward Him,
God is profoundly angry.
His wrath will continue, until God does not see
the resistance of man and their evil deeds,
until they’re no longer before His eyes.
Only then will God’s anger disappear.
Chorus
He is tolerant and merciful
to kind, good and beautiful things;
He is unceasing in His wrath
towards evil, sin, and wickedness.
These are two main aspects of
God’s disposition, shown all the time:
abundant mercy and profound wrath.
Verse 2
No matter the person, if their heart is distant,
turns away from God, never to return,
regardless of how they wish to worship,
obey God in body or thoughts,
as soon as their heart turns away from God,
His wrath will be unleashed.
God will unleash His deepest anger
after man had chance after chance.
Bridge
Once it’s unleashed there are no take-backs;
He’ll never again be merciful to them.
This is one side of God’s disposition
that will tolerate no offense.
Chorus
He is tolerant and merciful
to kind, good and beautiful things;
He is unceasing in His wrath
towards evil, sin, and wickedness.
These are two main aspects of
God’s disposition, shown all the time:
abundant mercy and profound wrath, profound wrath.
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself II
