Get Serious: Don’t Skip - 1/19/25

“You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.”
—Matthew 5:13, CSB

“Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.”
—Matthew 5:7, CSB

God doesn’t treat us based on our merit but on his mercy.

“This saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” and I am the worst of them. But I received mercy for this reason, so that in me, the worst of them, Christ Jesus might demonstrate his extraordinary patience as an example to those who would believe in him for eternal life.”
—1 Timothy 1:15-16, CSB‬‬

“Now when he heard this, he said, “It is not those who are well who need a doctor, but those who are sick. Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice. For I didn’t come to call the righteous, but sinners.””
—Matthew 9:12–13, CSB

“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You pay a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, and yet you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy, and faithfulness. These things should have been done without neglecting the others. Blind guides! You strain out a gnat, but gulp down a camel!”
—Matthew 23:23–24, CSB

“But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
—Romans 5:8, CSB

Mercy is the standard.

“No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us and his love is made complete in us.”
—1 John 4:12, CSB

We will be measured by the mercy we have extended to others.