Thursday, April 30 Jehovah . . . forgives your sin. You will not die.​—2 Sam. 12:13.

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Thursday, April 30

Jehovah . . . forgives your sin. You will not die.—2 Sam. 12:13.

 

What do we know about Jehovah’s mercy? How has he demonstrated that he “does not desire anyone to be destroyed”? (2 Pet. 3:9) Consider his mercy toward some who committed serious sins. King David got involved in a series of gross sins, including adultery and murder. Yet, David repented, so Jehovah mercifully forgave him. (2 Sam. 12:1-12) King Manasseh was profoundly wicked for much of his life. Even in that extreme case, however, Jehovah responded favorably to that man’s repentance and found a basis for extending mercy and forgiveness. (2 Chron. 33:9-16) These examples remind us that Jehovah shows mercy whenever he sees that there is a basis for doing so. He will resurrect such individuals because they realized that they had committed terrible sins and they repented. w24.05 4 ¶12

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Don’t stay in sin. Change your course. Repent.

[Brad Smith]

[Dré]

Why do people not show mercy to others, not hear their cries of suffering, cries for help and for mercy? Yet when they themselves fall into trouble and endure suffering, they begin to cry out for mercy. 2 Chronicles 33:6, 10, 11, 12. The story of Manasseh in the Bible illustrates exactly this paradox: while he had power and prosperity, he ignored warnings and the suffering of others, but when he found himself in humiliation and pain, he suddenly became able to hear, to understand, and to humble himself. This question concerns not only people of wealth; any person can act in this way.

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