Our God who is
just is also a God of mercy. We who have experienced God's mercy are to
be merciful.
Matthew 5:7 (NKJV)
Matthew 5:3-6 (NIRV)
3 “Blessed are those who are spiritually needy.
The
kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
4 Blessed are
those who are sad.
They
will be comforted.
5 Blessed are
those who are humble.
They
will be given the earth.
6 Blessed are
those who are hungry and thirsty for what is right.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
4 Blessed are those who are sad.
They will be comforted.
5 Blessed are those who are humble.
They will be given the earth.
6 Blessed are those who are hungry and thirsty for what is right.
Matthew 5:7-10(NIRV)
7 Blessed are those who show mercy.
They
will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are
those whose hearts are pure.
They
will see God.
9 Blessed are
those who make peace.
They
will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are
those who suffer for doing what is right.
The
kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
They will be shown mercy.
8 Blessed are those whose hearts are pure.
They will see God.
9 Blessed are those who make peace.
They will be called children of God.
10 Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right.
The kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Romans 3:23 (NKJV)
23 for all
have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
Romans 6:23 (NKJV)
23 For the
wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 5:6 (NKJV)
For when we were
still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
Authentic followers of Jesus Christ have experienced
God's mercy. Mercy deals with the results of sin. Grace deals with the sin that
caused the results.
Psalm 136:1 (NKJV)
Oh, give
thanks to the Lord, for He
is good!
For His
mercy (or kindness) endures forever.
Mercy is not merely withholding punishment, but
reaching out to help us in our human condition.
Mercy is withholding judgement which we do deserve.
Grace is giving compassion which we don't deserve.
Moses built a Tabernacle for the Children of Israel to
worship. Within it was a Holy of Holies with an ark containing the law of
God inside of it.
The High Priest would enter into it one a year for the sins of
the people to sprinkle it will the blood of the sacrifice.
Exodus 25:16-17 (NKJV)
For His mercy (or kindness) endures forever.
Moses writing: And you shall put into the ark the Testimony
which I will give you.
17 “You shall make a
mercy seat of pure gold;
18 And you shall make two cherubim (angels) of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.
21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.
22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat,
God has forgiven us through the death of Jesus. The Old Testament sacrifice was a picture of what Jesus would do for us in the New Testament.
Romans 3:21-25 (NIRV)
21 But now God has shown us his saving power without the help
of the law. But the Law and the Prophets tell us about this.
22 We are made right with God by putting our
faith in Jesus Christ. This happens to all who believe. It is no different for
the Jews than for the Gentiles.
23 Everyone has sinned. No one measures up to
God’s glory.
24 The free gift of God’s grace makes us
right with him. Christ Jesus paid the price to set us free.
25 God gave Christ as a sacrifice to pay for sins through the spilling of his blood. So God forgives the sins of those who have faith.
God did all this to prove that he does what is right. He is a God
of mercy. So he did not punish for their sins the people who lived before Jesus
lived.
John 20:11-12 (NKJV)
11 But Mary stood
outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb.
12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
In addition, authentic followers of Jesus Christ express the
mercy of God. Jesus saves us from judgement to mercy.
1 John 3:17 (NKJV)
17 But whoever
has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart
from him, how does the love of God abide in him?
Matthew 9:10-13 (NKJV)
10 Now it happened, as Jesus
sat at the table in the house, that behold,
many tax collectors and sinners came and sat down with Him and His disciples.
11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they
said to His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors
and sinners?”
12 When Jesus heard that, He
said to them, “Those who
are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.
13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy and not sacrifice.’ For I did not come to call the
righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”
Matthew 23:23 (NKJV)
Jesus speaking: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and
cummin, and have
neglected the weightier matters of
the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without
leaving the others undone.
Our mercy to people does not bring mercy from people, but mercy from God. Authentic followers of Jesus Christ receive the mercy from God.
Psalm 23:6 (NKJV)
David writing: Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
Jude 21 (NKJV)
21 keep
yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus
Christ unto eternal life.
Lamentations 3:22-23 (NKJV)
Jeremiah writing: Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed,
Because
His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
Because His compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning;
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