GOD'S CHARACTER IS MANIFESTED THROUGH HIS LOVE, MERCY, RIGHTEOUSNESS

GOD’S LOVEFor God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. 19 This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. 20 Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. 21 But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.A Merciful God. If it was love that moved him to create us and covenant himself to us, it was mercy that moved him to sustain us and walk with us through the centuries. When he res¬cued them from slavery in Egypt, this God entered into a covenant with all of the people, not just Moses. He guided them through the dangers of the desert and made them a promise: “If you obey me completely"...