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  GOD JUDGES HIS PEOPLE
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: God judges His people based on their sincerity and heart, not
just their outward actions, and He will not reject them for their
weaknesses.

Topics: "God's Judgment", "Divine Compassion"
Scripture References: 1 Samuel 16:7, Psalm 51:17, Psalm 103:14, Isaiah 66:2, Matthew 11:28-30, Romans 8:1, 2 Corinthians 12:9, Hebrews 4:15-16, James 4:6, 1 John 1:9

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes that God judges His people based on their
sincerity and the overall condition of their hearts rather than their
momentary actions during trials or temptations. He highlights that God's
focus is on the inward disposition and will of His people, showing that
He does not forsake them due to their weaknesses or failings. Instead,
God offers compassion and understanding, assuring that He will not
reject His people despite their struggles.

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God judges His people by their sincerity and the general bent and frame
of their hearts--and not by what they are under some pangs of passion,
or in an hour of temptation. His eye is more upon His people's inward
disposition, than it is upon their outward actions--more upon their will
than it is upon their work. The Lord will not forsake His people, nor
cast off His people--because of those failings and weaknesses that may,
and do, attend them. God pities His people under their weakness; He will
not reject them for their weakness.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/thomas-brooks/god-judges-his-people/
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