{"id":97,"date":"2009-04-25T18:06:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T22:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/april2009\/?p=97"},"modified":"2009-04-25T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T22:06:35","slug":"nahum-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/2009\/04\/25\/nahum-13\/","title":{"rendered":"Nahum 1:3"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.&#8221;<br \/>\n              &#8212; Nahum 1:3<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Jehovah &#8220;is slow to anger.&#8221; When mercy cometh into the world she<br \/>\ndriveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with<br \/>\nspeed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps,<br \/>\nfor God taketh no pleasure in the sinner&#8217;s death. God&#8217;s rod of mercy is<br \/>\never in his hands outstretched; his sword of justice is in its<br \/>\nscabbard, held down by that pierced hand of love which bled for the<br \/>\nsins of men. &#8220;The Lord is slow to anger,&#8221; because he is GREAT IN POWER.<br \/>\nHe is truly great in power who hath power over himself. When God&#8217;s<br \/>\npower doth restrain himself, then it is power indeed: the power that<br \/>\nbinds omnipotence is omnipotence surpassed. A man who has a strong mind<br \/>\ncan bear to be insulted long, and only resents the wrong when a sense<br \/>\nof right demands his action. The weak mind is irritated at a little:<br \/>\nthe strong mind bears it like a rock which moveth not, though a<br \/>\nthousand breakers dash upon it, and cast their pitiful malice in spray<br \/>\nupon its summit. God marketh his enemies, and yet he bestirs not<br \/>\nhimself, but holdeth in his anger. If he were less divine than he is,<br \/>\nhe would long ere this have sent forth the whole of his thunders, and<br \/>\nemptied the magazines of heaven; he would long ere this have blasted<br \/>\nthe earth with the wondrous fires of its lower regions, and man would<br \/>\nhave been utterly destroyed; but the greatness of his power brings us<br \/>\nmercy. Dear reader, what is your state this evening? Can you by humble<br \/>\nfaith look to Jesus, and say, &#8220;My substitute, thou art my rock, my<br \/>\ntrust- Then, beloved, be not afraid of God&#8217;s power; for by faith you<br \/>\nhave fled to Christ for refuge, the power of God need no more terrify<br \/>\nyou, than the shield and sword of the warrior need terrify those whom<br \/>\nhe loves. Rather rejoice that he who is &#8220;great in power&#8221; is your Father<br \/>\nand Friend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power.&#8221; &#8212; Nahum 1:3 Jehovah &#8220;is slow to anger.&#8221; When mercy cometh into the world she driveth winged steeds; the axles of her chariot-wheels are red hot with speed; but when wrath goeth forth, it toileth on with tardy footsteps, for God taketh no pleasure in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purposedriven.ca\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}