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God's Justice and Mercy 0:02 We wanna honor God because He sees everything.0:10 You were born with a plan and a purpose. He's the God of all things possible. He's the God of all0:22 miracles.0:52 Welcome to Grace Grace with Naina Michelle. I'm Michelle Humphreys.0:55 And I am Naina Keegan. Welcome to our broadcast today. Today, we're gonna be talking about how God is both justice and mercy. And even the Bible says justice and mercy kiss each other1:07 because they that's you need to have both, you know. He's so just about things. God wants justice. He's fair. He is all about justice, but he's so merciful because when1:19 we are repentant, when no, it doesn't matter what you've done, if you if you repent and turn from from whatever you're doing, he's so merciful1:31 to forgive you because because He's He's justice and mercy, and don't you just love that about Him? He's so gracious and kind. Yeah.1:39 I I definitely I love the scripture, His mercies are new every morning, great is His faithfulness. I I love all that. And, years ago, Nina and I were visiting1:51 with this lady, and she's super prophetic. And, she she looked at Nina and she goes, you're justice.1:58 And she looked at me and1:59 she goes, you're mercy. And that was a hundred percent. That's how it is. The the mercy, like, on you know, you take those little spiritual tests, that spiritual gift test, and, right2:11 next to prophecy for me is mercy. It's kind of almost even in those gifts. And I mean, I have this, like, I don't know. I just it's I2:22 forgive people very easily, and, I'm I'm not saying all the time I have to struggle through some of it, but but it's like, you know, oh, whenever somebody's done something wrong2:34 even, I feel like, oh, man. But if they had only known this, you know. I I don't know. I don't know what that is, but I I guess I'm calling it a gift. And she will, like, listen to the news,2:46 and she's got, hey. This needs to happen, and this needs to happen, and and she's right. It does.2:52 It does. I think it goes back to when we were kids if you think about it. Like, I felt, I I grew up in a very, very dysfunctional household and and had to go live with my grandmother when I was 12, but3:04 I never nothing was fair. It's not like I felt it wasn't fair. It was very unjust and unfair in the treatments and the things that happened in my house. And, it's like no3:16 1 wanted to hear anything truthful or what. It was just things were made up about things. Like, I it like, in 1 situation where,3:28 I I I I3:29 did get to the point where I needed stitches as a result of something that happened with my mother. I was made to tell doctors and things that something else happened, and that was unfair. That was a lie. There was there3:40 was injustices, and then I would feel like she got away with it because I wasn't allowed to speak the truth. And I feel like you grew up your dad nicknamed you super, you know, even though you had some3:52 things some very awful things that happened to you as a kid too, but it wasn't like an unfair thing to you personally by your parents. And so I think4:01 Oh, and whenever I did something wrong, you know, I I've shared before, you know, my my dad was a very severe alcoholic, a a sweet alcoholic, but he died at 40 from it. And I4:12 mean, so he was severe. And, but as far as the way he handled me, it was with great mercy. And I like even if I was gonna get a spanking, he4:24 would, you know, I would go in there, and then he would say I I would say, oh, daddy. I'm sorry. And and he would say, alright. You know? And and that I I don't know. And4:36 I spanked you. Yeah. And he would do that too. You know, pretend like I like he spanked me or something. But I usually he was usually very, very merciful and not angry. And in4:48 spite of his alcoholism, he was a kind and just alcoholic. If he gave something to my brother, he gave something to me. So they were kind of just already they did5:00 not lie to me. And, and so I whenever they said something, I believed them because they didn't lie to me. Mhmm. And so all of those things were like set in place. They5:12 were precepts. In spite of the dysfunction, I feel like the justice part was settled, and if they seem to be a little harsh, my little 5 well, she was like 4 foot5:24 9, 4 foot 10, something like that, grandmother, would drive herself over to my house if if she thought I was in trouble, and she would make sure that she showed her face before I got in trouble.5:35 My grandma was very sweet and merciful. And when I got to go live at her house, everything changed. And she just thought, you know, I could do anything and really started deprogramming me with such sweet things and kind5:47 things and stuff. But, you know, when you when you see that justice and mercy work so good together in the Bible because how could you have, such a loving, kind God who wasn't5:59 both? Because there is justice that comes to to the evil. That's just how it's gonna be. There is going to be justice. And he he's so merciful to those for to so many people who just don't6:11 know or who have been abused or or have have been lied to and and lived in these these these these situations that really were not of their control. Don't you think he would be so6:23 merciful to those people? And and, you know, so so I think that is why, like, we work so good together because I think you need both and, and, and, you know, offset 1 16:35 another in in our think tanks and what we what we think about. Because, you know, when you're going through things, if you look through the scriptures and, you know, print out all the scriptures on God being just6:47 or or or, you know, go start with vengeance is mine and God is a just God and he settles and solves the cases of his people and he is trustworthy and he is, you know,6:58 he he will he will take care of those who who who are coming after us. He said he will he will chase your enemies away. He will send the angel of the Lord to do that. Yeah. And I7:10 mean he but yet he's so merciful to us, especially you can go to him when you know you've messed up or you know you have to, you know, maybe your mouth has gotten the better of you or you're having your pity parties or7:21 whatever it is that you know you shouldn't be doing. You know, he's so gracious and merciful to forgive us when when when he because he gently he gently convicts. There's no condemnation because he loves us and he's so7:32 merciful and so there's, you know, even when we've messed up, he he he's right there, so sweet and merciful to us.7:40 He is, and and I'm grateful for that for sure. And I know that, you know, some things, like we've been talking today about the movie The Sound of Freedom, and the, you know, that7:51 talks about sex trafficking and Pedophilia. And it it with children. I mean, oh my goodness. And and on that side of things, it's like, God,8:03 go get them. Yes. Go get them, Lord. Please, Father. We just pray right now that you will expose and cause them to have justice and let8:15 those poor little children have mercy on them. You know, because they are going to need mercy to be able to come out from all of that, the bondage and the8:27 abuse that they've suffered. And so through the torture, can you imagine trying to live a normal life after that, but God's mercy will allow that to happen, I believe.8:38 He can heal all of that like it never happened, and we believe he's gonna do it. And we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there. You are watching Grace Grace with Naina and Michelle.8:49 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus, and that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.9:00 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world, as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the9:12 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are hungering to hear the real message of Jesus. Give today by logging9:24 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 road9:35 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 77354. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.9:48 Give now.9:51 Welcome back. You are watching Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle, and we are talking about how God is both justice and mercy, and we are so grateful for that. And we're looking at scriptures here in Psalm 1 11 verse10:03 7, he says his, the works of God's hands are truth and justice and all of his precepts are trustworthy. And, you know, when God says something10:15 in his word, it's truth. You can take it to the bank, you can count on it. So many people have tried to disprove the Bible. God is not a man that should lie, and he means what he says. But he10:26 means what he says in all of it. He means what he says that when you are are are doing or you are in great sin or or if you have chose to to to not have10:38 God as your Lord and savior, if you choose to reject Jesus, he means what he says in those things too. He means what he says about what happens to the sinner, what happens if you don't repent. So we can't just pick10:50 and choose all the little good things and the promises and all the wonderful things that he says about you know, you could you can really just go over to Deuteronomy 28 and read through because there's11:02 a whole bunch of blessings that we get to have. If you do this,11:06 you live. If you do this, you die.11:09 I mean it's pretty clear. And it goes on and on. They're the blessings and the curses. Okay. The curses are things you bring on yourself because you have turned away from11:21 God. You've you've you've not wanted any part of Jesus. These are the you're living in sin. So think about what we were just saying about these people who are pedophilias, who are pedophiles, who11:32 are, hurting children and doing these atrocities to these little innocent stealing the innocence of a child and, boy, god loves the children.11:44 He does. And he says if you do something to a child, you might as well put a, like a millstone around your neck and just toss yourself into the sea. So I'm not saying I'm not advocating11:56 for hurting yourself. I'm saying know that God sees what we do in in our, you know, if you harm a child in any way, you need to really go before the Lord and say sorry.12:08 Don't let12:08 your word.12:09 Yes. Because words are so horrible and so terrible because honestly, I've read 1 time where you could say 50 nice things and it won't make the impact that 1 rotten thing that you've12:21 said or spoken over a child, 1 thing that will last and be harmful and hurtful. No matter you could say 50 nice things and it won't have near the impact as that 112:33 rotten negative thing and, you know, just we have to be so mindful. You're gonna give an account of every idle word that ever has come out of your mouth, all of these things that God12:44 is just and he is for righteousness. And we are the righteousness of God in Christ because of what Jesus did for us and because of that. We are under the covenant, and the12:56 covenant means we get to have all those blessings. The blessings we were just talking about in Deuteronomy 28, I encourage you all to go look that up and really meditate on it all. But also, he's not playing.13:08 He's not lying about what he says is gonna happen. If if you do these things, if you allow these things, what you are allowing in your house, what you're allowing, you know, to to go on and not doing anything about13:20 it, you're gonna be held accountable for those things too.13:23 Well, even if through your mercy, because you have to watch yourself. If you have a gift of mercy, you have to watch yourself not to tolerate things that don't belong in your life. And I remember,13:35 the Lord spoke to me 1 morning and said that I was tolerating a spirit of Jezebel, and I was like what does that even mean? And I realized by the end of the day13:47 exactly what God was speaking about, and we use judgment to stop it. We use justice to stop it because it had to be13:59 stopped. But I'm grateful that the Lord, you know, didn't allow the enemy to use something that God has gifted me with or given me as a blessing to come against me14:11 in, you know, with the enemy. You know?14:14 Well, because what you tolerate, what you tolerate to get through something, you're gonna tolerate to keep that thing. Like, if you've tolerated something to get something, you're gonna have to14:25 tolerate something to keep it. And it's so where's Compromise. Where are you getting off that train?14:31 And you gotta be careful that you don't use mercy as something that is that causes you to be a coward. You know, the Bible talks about, you know, us that that as a Christian, you should be14:43 bold as a lion, and it talks about you everyone who's cowardly is gonna be cast into, you know, the into hell. You know? And and so that's14:54 a scary thought. You cannot be cowardly. You have to stand for things. You have to you have to, you know, want justice, but you also have to measure all of that with mercy. And so there is15:06 a there's a balance in all of it.15:09 Have you ever heard, some of these stories where there might have been, you know, like in a family where a a child was sexually molested and they'll come out later and then go, you know, and my mom knew about it the15:20 whole time and didn't do a thing about it. You know, I know Joyce Myers had talked about that where her dad was abusing her and, you know, it's in all her books.15:28 You said he raped her hundreds of times.15:30 And her mom knew and was afraid of the dad and allowed this to happen. I mean, there is, you know, you are gonna be called to to into an account for those things.15:40 And yet, he called Joyce to take care of them in their old age. Isn't that amazing? And her father15:48 got saved.15:48 They did give their lives to the Lord. Yeah. And then she ended up taking care of them.15:53 Yeah. And she was she she just thought, no way. Mhmm. And yet, God called her to it. And think about, okay, if while we were yet sinners,16:05 cried Christ died for us, think about Him on the cross. Yeah. That Christ that Jesus was there on a cross, and He16:17 knew all of our sins beforehand, before we ever committed them, and He had mercy and said they they do not know what they're doing. He16:29 understood that we didn't know what we're doing. You know? Isn't that amazing that the cross was that it was such a place of mercy that He died on the cross for you, and so no16:41 matter what you've done, whether you know, whatever it is, name it. Jesus has mercy for you. But if you're gonna continue to do it, the16:53 wages of sin is death. That's what the Bible says.16:56 Repent and turn away.16:57 Repent and turn away, and it says but the gift of God is eternal life. That's the next scripture right after the wages of sin is death. So if you want to spend eternity in Heaven, you need to17:09 make sure that you've gone to that cross and gotten the mercy of God to cover over those sins that you have committed against God, and He's covered them in the17:21 blood making you white as snow. And so that is an amazing act of mercy. Right?17:28 Can you imagine? It just it's it's amazing what Jesus has done for us, and we're gonna talk more about that when we come right back. Stay right there.Living a Life of Faith and Accountability 17:35 The world needs to be reached with the message of Jesus, and that is the mission of Grace Grace with Nina and Michelle. To see people's lives change with the saving power of Jesus Christ.17:47 When you donate to Grace Grace ministries, you're also reaching orphans and the underprivileged throughout the world as well as the United States. The Bible says that when we help the least, the forgotten and the17:58 overlooked, we have done something for Jesus himself. Will you be a part of what God is doing to help those in need and those who are to hear the real message of Jesus? Give today by logging18:10 on to nainaandmichelle dot com or text the word give to 3 2 5 6 0 3 3 3 5 4. You can also send in a check to 63 15 b FM 14 88 Road,18:22 number 1 22, Magnolia, Texas 7 7 3 5 4. Grace Grace Ministries is a 5 0 1 c 3 charitable organization. Gifts are tax deductible, so join us in the great commission today.18:34 Give now.18:38 Welcome back to the program. We are talking about God as both justice and mercy, and aren't we glad about that because he does forgive us. And, you know, I know a lot of people might say they you know, you hear about18:50 the, basically, it's the Russian roulette of repentance. I sin, repent, sin, repent, sin, repent. It's really God knows your heart. Okay? God knows if you really meant to do well and you messed up, but you really in19:02 your heart meant and you were trying, then you just thought, well, I can sin. I can do this tonight and then tomorrow I'll just repent about it. There's a big difference because you are never going to pull 1 over on19:13 God. He is omniscient. He is omnipresent. He knows everything. He knows every thought you think. And so, you know, you can even ask him for help on that because sometimes if I think I'm getting in some some some19:25 wrongful thinking or I'm, you know, like upset about something and, you know, I have to say, okay, God, help me with these thoughts, help me with what I'm feeling right now or, you know, you're feeling some unforgiveness19:37 towards somebody and you don't want it to allow that, but sometimes you can't help what you're feeling and God wants those feelings too and he knows it anyway. So give it to him and19:48 say, I need help with this. I need you to help this. And because, again, we go back to the scripture that says that that it's in Hebrews and it's in 10 30. He says that he settles and solves the20:00 cases of his people. If that's a case of of an unforgiveness, the case of unforgiveness that you can't get over, you you can present it to him and ask him to to help you with that. And,20:12 you know, we I pray that God would send his angels, you know, to encamp around us and ascend and descend the courts of heaven with the answers we seek because because we can call on the20:24 angels and they're dispatched the minute we pray to help us with everything that we need. He gives us so many tools. He gives us the word of God. He gives us the help of all of heaven. You know, we we can praise our our20:36 praise him in the storms and he's he's that's where our miracles can manifest because he is so just and he he he answers us swiftly. Yes. But at in that same way,20:48 he can swiftly take care of our enemies and send an angel of the Lord to chase them away. He can he he he tells us over and over again that what's gonna happen, they'll be reduced to crusts of bread that21:00 that, you know, he's he's going to take care of everything that concerns you and perfect it all and bring justice swiftly to whatever you're dealing with.21:09 Amen. And and, you know, like the Bible says, like, right now if you're listening and you are feeling convicted about something in your life, that the Lord is shining a light21:21 on as we're talking here, know that, you know, God does have mercy, but he also chastises those he loves. It says not to be21:33 upset when the Lord disciplines you as a child. Like, I don't go around I didn't when my kids were growing up, I didn't go around and discipline all the neighbors' kids. I only disciplined21:45 those children that were mine. I might have disciplined my nieces, my nephews. I had other, you know, dear friends, and they would say, yeah. Just just discipline them, you know, while if if I'm not there,21:56 because, you know, sometimes that is required with some children and when they become guests in your home, but but anyway, but you chastise those that you22:08 love. So when God brings justice or chastisement, it's not it's it's to cause you to repent. It's to cause you to say, oh22:20 God, I'm so sorry. And and that it's even justice with God is a gift of mercy, unless it's too late. If you're not breathing, it's too late. Right? If you're on the other side,22:32 there there is a real hell. That is total justice for rejecting Jesus. It is there's a real even people that are hardhearted and, that22:44 are walking in their sin. The Bible talks about, like, what you were saying earlier, Nina, about, you know, that you just keep sin, repeat, sin, repeat kind of thing. It says that if we continue to do22:56 that, we'll have our conscience seared with a hot iron. Like, you don't want that. You want God to say no, and let there be discipline, and and that is truly, as as long as23:08 you're on this side of heaven, it is an act of mercy.23:10 It is. Well, and it's true. And you know, if you're if you're saying you're a Christian and you're going to church and then maybe you're, you know, you're you're cussing in a restaurant or cursing or yelling at somebody23:21 in a store or doing something, you know, you know, are are you really are you really maybe you've you've got that chaos in your household, you know, are you really a Christian? Are you really if you're not having that23:33 gentle conviction of the Holy Spirit that's saying, you know, stop, don't do it. Like, you know, I I feel like I get busted for a shopping cart. Like, I know, like but I've practiced23:45 listening to the Holy Spirit. Like, go put it back even though it's raining and I have high shoes and I don't wanna do it. I do it because if you listen to the small things, God will you know, I don't want to not hear23:56 him. I don't want to ignore those words because I want to hear everything that he's telling me. And I'm not saying I get it all right at all ever, like, we just do the best we can. But if you're24:08 just doing all these things blatantly and you're saying you're professing, you're a Christian, maybe you need to go and and and rededicate your life and renounce some things and ask the Lord to help you do better so24:19 you're just not so nonchalant about what you say and what you do in front of family members and in front of others. Because God's gonna hold you accountable to that, you know, especially if you have little children,24:30 they're watching you, they're listening to everything you say and, you know, so we have to, you know, people, you're a professional Christian, but maybe you're, you know, you're out in your yard and you're you're you're24:40 having a fight with your neighbor or something. You you people watch you wherever you go and people are are, you know, deciding whether or not, you know, we're do I even wanna be that that that's a Christian?24:52 You know, so so watch how you live your life. I mean, it could be just even the small things, but when you're faithful in the small things, God is faithful then. God is faithful in much when when25:04 you have have listened to him in the small things.25:06 And that, you know, goes back to God's mercy. As you know every morning, great is25:11 His Faithfulness.25:13 He's faithful, and He loves you, and we're gonna pray for you right now and believe that God is going to show you anything in your life that needs correction from His sweet25:25 hand. And so, Lord, we thank You. We give You praise and glory and honor, and Lord, we ask You to root out anything in our hearts that that does not please You. David25:36 said, Create in me a clean heart, O God, and and renew a right spirit in me. Restore to me the joy of my salvation, and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. And25:48 we pray all of those things, God, right now in Jesus' name. Thank you, Lord. Amen. Amen.25:55 Amen. We're so grateful for you all. We just love thank you for always, we're we're so grateful to hear from you guys and for our partners and those who sow into our ministry. We love you guys so much, and we're so26:06 grateful. We know that God's just gonna bless you. So you can head on over to our social media. 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