Because God, our Savior, “desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2), He urges us to pray for all people. God does not forget “the poor of the land” (Amos 8). He remembers them according to the foolishness of the cross. “For what is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God” (Luke 16). Though we try to justify ourselves “before men,” God knows our sinful hearts and calls us to repentance. He justifies us by His grace and welcomes us into His “eternal dwellings”. More shrewd than even “the sons of this world”, He requires His stewards of the Gospel to bestow forgiveness freely.
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