Forgiving Wickedness, Rebellion, and Sin | God Has a Name E5

John Mark Comer Teachings

Practicing the Way

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Does God punish children for their parent's sin? John Mark explores the final section of Exodus 34v6-7, highlighting the beauty of God's justice, the gravity of sin, and God's overwhelming proclivity towards forgiveness and mercy over wrath and judgment.

Key Scripture Passage: Exodus 34v6-7, Numbers 14v11-23, Matthew 18v21-35

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0:00.0	Welcome to the John Mark Comer Teachings Podcast. I'm Strawn Coleman, your host and part of the teaching team here at practicing the way.
0:12.0	Each week on the show here we share a teaching from
0:14.6	John Mark or other trusted voices in the formation space and it's great to have you
0:19.9	with us. In today's teaching, John Mark addresses the aspect of God's name many of us have probably
0:27.1	been wondering about since the start of this series.
0:31.0	Gods visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations.
0:37.0	And I think you'll appreciate the challenge, the depth, and the liberation that comes from understanding God better through this passage.
0:46.4	As you listen you may like to ask, how do I understand the meaning of God's justice.
0:54.0	He is John Mack.
1:00.0	Exodus 34, 6 and 7, here we go. And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming,
1:03.7	Yawe, the compassionate and gracious God,
1:08.4	slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness, maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness,
1:17.6	rebellion and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children to the third and fourth generation.
1:32.0	How many of you, for the last six weeks working through the
1:35.3	text line by line, have been thinking in the back of your head, what is up with
1:40.5	the end? Right? It's the elephant in the room and you think I don't know
1:46.0	what you're all thinking right now. I mean seriously compassionate, okay,
1:50.1	gracious, slow to anger, abounding in love, and then you get the part about visiting the
1:55.9	iniquity of the fathers on the children.
1:58.7	Or if you read the NIV, that is actually the first half is from the NIV, the second half is from the ESP, don't tell anybody.
2:05.4	But if you read the NIV, it flat out says he punishes the children for the parent's sin.
2:12.0	What is up with that? Well I have good news and that news. The good news is it doesn't
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