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Mercy is that compassion which causes one to help the sick or the poor. Showing mercy is one of the cardinal virtues of a true Christian (James 2:1-13) and is one of the determinants of God’s treatment to us. Christian Mercy is a part of the fruit of the spirit (Gal. 5:22 and 23) made up in part of
pastor of First PRC in Holland, Michigan Is there anything more beautiful than mercy unmerited? For the Christian who knows the mercy of God, not merely with the mind but with the heart and lived experience, God's mercy sets the heart on high to sing "O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: fo
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matt. 5:7 Mercy for mercy! An implacable law in the kingdom of heaven it is, that only they that are mercifully disposed in mind and heart are the proper recipients of the mercy of God. A stream receives continuously only when it gives. Its
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matt. 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." Matt. 5:7 There are just two states of the mind and heart: the hard and the merciful. By nature all men are hard-hearted. But when the eternal mercies of God reach you, yo
And when that mercy is toward people, it's toward a people who are in affliction. They have sorrow. They have pain. But the same basic idea is there of mercy, and namely this, that the mercy of God desires to go down and to lift someone out of their suffering, out of their sorrows, and to make t
“Mercy?” you might ask. “What is that?” Mercy is one of God’s attributes which we must imitate each day of our lives. When we see someone in trouble and we can help them out, we must not miss that opportunity to reflect this attribute of God. Mercy is shown when we comfort those who have been hurt b
Then mercy is that attitude of God in which He makes His people to share in His blessedness and be themselves eternally happy. This mercy we look for is the possession of Jesus Christ. He purchased it with the price of His precious blood. He has it; He has the dispensing of it. He bestows it on the
Mercy is to lift one who is low to a higher place. It is “loving-kindness” (Psalter). God is one who exalts the lowly. God has determined to reveal his attribute of mercy to the elect in Christ. In mercy, God has chosen his people from all eternity. God has so determined human life and the fall into
God’s mercy may be considered as an aspect of His holiness and is a divine affection of God. When this affection is directed to an object in misery (as all of us are), it reveals itself as compassion and power to deliver from deepest woe. That mercy is so great that it is far above and out of our si