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received  anything  in  return.  His  “returns”



             were  future  in  the  salvation  of  many



             souls.  First Peter 3:18 says, “For Christ also



             hath once suffered for sins, the just for the



             unjust,  that  he  might bring  us  to  God,



             being  put  to  death  in  the  flesh,  but



             quickened  by  the  Spirit,”  and in  Hebrews



             12:2,  the  author  proclaims,  “Looking  unto



                                                                                                    faith;
             Jesus  the  author  and  finisher  of our


             who  for  the joy  that  was  set  before



             him endured  the  cross,  despising  the



             shame, and is set down at the right hand of






             the throne of God.”



             God’s kind of love “is not easily provoked”


                    Psalm  145:8  declares,  “The  LORD  is


             gracious,  and  full  of  compassion; slow  to





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