Sermon Tone Analysis

10 Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation.

11 And Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? 12 Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth?

Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

14 And the Lord repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

God’s Nature

Merciful, slow to wrath, longsuffering.

Holy, righteous,

God’s repentance plays an important role in our understanding about the role of prayer and about certain attributes of God, such as immutability, timelessness, and impassability.

The God who repents is free to answer prayer and to interact with people.

This freedom is part of His being the same forever.

God’s Will

Can prayer change God’s mind?

No.

Can God change things?

Yes

God does not change, but He promised grace to those who repent.

When man truly repents there are at least two things that change.

Man’s mind

Man’s actions

The result is a staying of God’s judgment.

God’s Desire For Prayer

Acknowledgment

Reconciliation