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Friday! Proverbs!
A king's terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion; anyone who provokes him endangers himself.
Proverbs 20:2 CSB
What a week it's been since we started Prov 20!
What's this proverb got to say to our current situation?
We don't have a king, but the government does have significant power and it is using that now, and if we break the rules we will feel it's "wrath". 
It's for my good and the good of my neighbour.

If God is the King here, my sin, my choices have put me in danger. 
God's anger is for my good, as He doesn't want any taint of sin in my life, that sin that separates me from Him.
But Jesus has stepped in between, absorbed my sin and with that the wrath of the king.
I'm no longer in danger.
A child of the King
Saved, and being saved.
Renewed, and being renewed.
Whole, and being made whole.
Cleansed, and being made clean.
Our world has shifted in a week, but the gospel of grace is unchanged, for my good, and the good of my neighbour. 
#proverbs
#somethingtochewon
#level4
#LessChoice
#grace

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