Preston Sanders - Audio

Guest speaker Preston Sanders explores God’s character using Exodus 34, highlighting the tension between divine mercy and justice. While God is gracious and slow to anger, He "will by no means clear the guilty." Sanders warns against being "stiff-necked" or presuming upon God's grace, using the generational legacy of Jonathan Edwards to illustrate the impact of a godly life. The sermon centers on Christ as the "mercy seat" through penal substitutionary atonement. By drinking the "cup" of God's righteous wrath, Jesus satisfied divine justice, allowing believers to receive mercy. Sanders concludes that true faith transcends intellectual knowledge; it requires a Holy Spirit-led heart transformation and the ongoing process of sanctification, where believers must "die to self" to become more like Christ.