Majestic Mercy Matthew 9:12-13 Matthew 18:23-35 Matthew 5:7 Hosea 6:6 James 2:12-13 James 3:17-18 Jude 1:22-23 James 5:11 08.14.20

 

MAJESTIC MERCY

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¹² On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. ¹³ But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”  Matthew 9:12-13 (NIV) 

²³ “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. ²⁴ As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. ²⁶ The servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’ ²⁷ The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. ²⁸ But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded.  ²⁹ His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.’  ³⁰ But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. ³¹ When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. ³² Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. ³³ Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ ³⁴ In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.  ³⁵ This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”  Matthew 18:23-35 (NIV) 

⁷ Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.   Matthew 5:7 (NIV) 

⁶ For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings. Hosea 6:6 (NIV) 

¹² Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, ¹³ because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!  James 2:12-13 (NIV) 

¹⁷ But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. ¹⁸ Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.  James 3:17-18 (NIV) 

²² Be merciful to those who doubt; ²³ snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.  Jude 1:22-23 (NIV) 

¹¹ As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy. James 5:11 (NIV)

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“There is a wideness in God’s mercy, like the wideness of the sea.”  Frederick William Faber

“I love Him because He first loved me.  His goodness and mercy and compassion to me are new every day.  And my assurance is lodged in these aspects of His character.  My trust is in His love for me as His own.  My serenity has as its basis an implicit, unshakable reliance on His ability to do the right thing, the best thing in any given situation.  This to me is the supreme portrait of my Shepherd.  Continually there flows out to me His goodness and His mercy, which even though I do not deserve them, come unremittingly from their source of supply – His own great heart of love.”   Phillip Keller

“To that same measure with which we are loved, we love.  That’s why the gospel has to be in the middle of our relationships.  When we come to know God, God dispenses grace and mercy with a shovel.  He says to us, ‘You need more today?’ Well, my mercies are new every single day so when you wake up just imagine tomorrow that there is an angel standing by the bed and he’s just shoveling mercy and pouring it on you before you even hit the snooze button tomorrow.  This is not yesterday’s mercy; this is new mercy today.”   Louie Giglio

“Feeling ashamed and knowing Christ far surpasses being good and never thirsting for mercy and forgiveness.”  Steve Brown

“We have every reason to hold on firmly to the faith we profess, for He who has called us is faithful!  It is Jesus who saves us, lives to intercede for us, allows us to approach the throne of grace with confidence, and grants us His abundant grace, mercy, and peace.”   BHY

“The pearl of justice is found in the heart of mercy.”  Catherine of Siena

“He that demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.”   Thomas Adams

“Peacemakers are people who breathe grace.  They draw continually on the goodness and power of Jesus Christ, and then they bring His love, mercy, forgiveness, strength and wisdom to the conflicts of daily life.  God delights to breathe His grace through peacemakers and use them to dissipate anger, improve understanding, promote justice and encourage repentance and restoration.”    Ken Sande

“Nothing graces the Christian soul as much as mercy.”   Ambrose 

“Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.”   John Chrysostom 

“God's mercy is vast and beyond our comprehension. He will never reject anyone who turns to Him for mercy. Nor will He force Himself on anyone who chooses to live without Him.”  Michael Youssef

“Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.”   Miguel de Cervantes

“Do you wish to receive mercy?  Show mercy to your neighbor.”   John Chrysostom

“Sin is the dare of God’s justice, the rape of His mercy, the jeer of His patience, the slight of His power, and the contempt of His love.”  John Bunyan

“Heaven have mercy on us all for we are all somehow dreadfully cracked about the head, and sadly need mending.”  Melville

“Not called!” did you say? “Not heard the call,” I think you should say.  Put your ear down to the Bible and hear Him bid you go and pull sinners out of the fire of sin. Put your ear down to the burdened, agonized heart of humanity, and listen to the pitiful wail for help. Go stand by the gates of hell and hear the damned entreat you to go to their father’s house and bid their brothers and sisters, and servants and masters not to come there. And then look Christ in the face, whose mercy you have professed to obey, and tell him whether you will join heart and soul and body and circumstances in the march to publish His mercy to the world!”   William Booth

“A whole world of people will decide who Jesus is — by who we are.  And this is who God calls us to be for our family: ‘This is what the Lord Almighty said: ‘Administer true justice; show mercy and compassion to one another. Do not oppress…’.”  Zechariah 7:8

HEART SAVOR

·         Believers are to be merciful as God is merciful.

·         Mercy trumps judgment.

·         Wisdom is full of mercy.