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  WHEREAS THOU HAST BEEN FORSAKEN AND HATED
  by A.B. Simpson
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Summary: God's love and redemption can transform even the worst
experiences into magnificent memorials of His power and mercy.

Topics: "Grace Of God", "Transformation"
Scripture References: Psalm 30:11, Isaiah 61:3, John 3:16, Romans 5:20, 2 Corinthians 5:17, Ephesians 2:8-9, Philippians 4:13, 2 Timothy 1:9, James 1:17, 1 Peter 2:9

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A.B. Simpson emphasizes God's transformative power, illustrating how He
takes the most forsaken and hated individuals and turns them into
magnificent testimonies of His redeeming love. He highlights that God
specializes in transforming the worst aspects of our lives into powerful
examples of divine mercy, showcasing that even the most difficult
circumstances can lead to profound change. Simpson reassures that the
grace of God can overcome any unfavorable situation, turning curses into
blessings and demonstrating that where sin abounds, grace abounds even
more.

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CONTENT
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God loves to take the worst of lost men and make them the most
magnificent memorials of His redeeming love and power. He loves to take
the victims of Satan's hate and the most fearful examples of his power
to destroy and use them to illustrate and illuminate the possibilities
of divine mercy and the creativity of the Holy Spirit. He loves to take
the things in our own lives that have been the worst, the hardest and
the most hostile to God, and to transform them so that we shall be the
opposites of our former selves.

The sweetest spirits are made from the most stormy and self-willed; the
mightiest faith is created out of the wilderness of doubts and fears;
the divinest love is transformed out of stony hearts of hate and
selfishness.

The grace of God is equal to the most uncongenial temperaments and to
the most unfavorable circumstances. Its glory is to transform a curse
into blessing and show to men and angels of ages yet to come that where
sin abounded, grace did much more abound (Romans 5:20).

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/ab-simpson/whereas-thou-hast-been-forsaken-and-hated/
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