The Perfection of Mercy
February 24, 2025
Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
–Luke 6:36
The Son of God became what we are in order to make us what he is himself.
–Irenaeus (130–202)
The Word of God Himself, indeed, assumed humanity that we might become god
–Athanasius (296 – 373)
Let us become as Christ is, since Christ became as we are; let us become gods for his sake, since he became man for our sake.
–Gregory of Nazianzus, 329–390
The Word became incarnate so that he might make us as he is.
–Gregory of Nyssa, 335–395
The Son of God became the Son of Man that he might make the sons of men sons of God.
–Augustine, 354–430
Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect.
–Matthew 5:48
Be merciful as your Father is merciful.
–Luke 6:36
Be perfect in mercy as your Father is perfect in mercy.
The LORD passed before Moses and proclaimed,
The LORD, the LORD,
A God merciful and gracious,
Slow to anger,
Abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness
–Exodus 34:6
For I desire mercy and not sacrifice
–Hosea 6:6
Go and learn what this means: “I desire mercy and not sacrifice.””
–Matthew 9:13
Mercy triumphs over judgment.
–James 1:13
Christ’s death on the cross is the judgment of judgment.
–Maximus the Confessor (580–662)
For God has imprisoned all in disobedience so that he may be merciful to all.
O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable are his judgments!
How inscrutable are his ways!
–Romans 11:32–33
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