Sermon

God’s Mercy and Justice: The Path to Restoration

2 Samuel 14:1–24

February 15, 2009 | Joel R. Beeke

Joel Beeke explores the theme of God’s mercy and justice from 2 Samuel 14. He discusses how God desires to bring back the banished and restore relationships, highlighting the tension between justice and grace. Ash emphasizes the importance of repentance and reconciliation, illustrating how God’s ultimate plan is to forgive and redeem those who turn back to Him.

Joel R. Beeke serves as president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is the author or co-author of more than 100 books, editor of another 100 volumes, and has just finished writing the final volume, with Paul Smalley, of Reformed Systematic Theology (4 vols.; Crossway).