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Blessed: Lord Have Mercy
God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. —Matthew 5:7
Merciful — Full of pity, merciful, compassionate. Acting consistently with the revelation of God’s covenant; His Word.
I have many more things to say about this mercifulness. It is so wide a subject that I cannot give all its details. It certainly means a love to God at bottom, which shows itself by merciful desires for the good of God’s creatures. —Charles Spurgeon
Love First — Followers of Jesus should be characterized by genuine love and deep commitment to one another and our neighbor, which flows from our whole love of God.
Big Idea: Mercy is more than an attitude, it is an action toward others, fueled by love.
Big Question: To whom should I show mercy?
To whom should I show mercy?
1. To those that need fed
The merciful, through love, account another person’s misery as their own; they weep over the calamities of others, and out of their own property, feed the hungry and clothe the naked. —Erasmus
If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD— and he will repay you! —Proverbs 19:17
“And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!’” —Matthew 25:40
To whom should I show mercy?
1. To those that need fed
2. To those that need forgiven
To be merciful extends itself to the full forgiveness of all personal offenses. “Blessed are the merciful,” that is, those persons who do not take to heart any injuries that are done them, any insults, intended or unintended. —Charles Spurgeon
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in me. —C. S. Lewis
There will be no mercy for those who have not shown mercy to others. But if you have been merciful, God will be merciful when he judges you. —James 2:13
If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. 15 But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins. —Matthew 6:14-15
Nowhere do we imitate God more than in showing mercy. Our world is full of opportunity; by helping the poor and wretched, and by forgiving those who injure us. —Albert Barnes
To whom should I show mercy?
1. To those that need fed
2. To those that need forgiven
3. To those that need faith
But this mercifulness goes much further. There must and will be great mercy in the Christian’s heart towards those who are outwardly sinful. —Charles Spurgeon
We’ve become great judges of other people’s sin and great lawyers of our own. —Chris Hodges
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