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The Forgiveness and Mercy of God

THE FORGIVENESS AND MERCY OF GOD Mario D'Couto    When I look at Salvation history, I am always intrigued by the fact that in the Bible we see two 'faces' of God. We all believe that God's love is made manifested in the highest form in the personhood of Jesus Christ but yet there seems to be this kind of difference wherein we see that in the Old Testament, God comes across as a 'tyrant' as a strict policeman who is there, ready to punish people when they do wrong. Contrasting this with the personhood of Christ, we see a different picture of God. In Jesus Christ, we see the manifestation of God's unconditional love, a God who loves and cares for us irrespective of who or what we may be. Thus, given this 'duality' in the nature of God, how do we reconcile these two views?    In the first place, we must understand that God is a mystery and hence, we will never fully understand Him. However that does not in any way imply  that all is lost o...