HERE I START ON A LONG STUDY ON THE CHARACTER OF GOD
The TRUTH about MERCY
It's a part of the character of God!
by Keith Hunt UNDERSTANDING GOD'S MERCY Mercy In "Reader's Digest" Jim Williams of Butte, Montana, writes: I was driving too fast late one night when 1 saw the flashing lights of a police car in my rearview mirror. As I pulled over and rolled down the window of my station wagon, I tried to dream up an excuse for my haste. But when the patrolman reached the car, he said nothing. Instead, he merely shined his flashlight in my face, then on my seven-months-pregnant wife, then on our snoozing 18-month-old in his car seat, then on our three other children, who were also asleep, and lastly on the two dogs in the very back of the car. Returning the beam of light to my face, he then uttered the only words of the encounter. "Son," he said, "you cant afford a ticket. Slow it down." And with that, he returned to his car and drove away. Sometimes mercy triumphs over law. So it is for sinners who call out to Jesus. WHAT THE SCRIPTURES SAY 2 Sam. 22:26. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. Psa. 18:25. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful. Psa. 37:25. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26. He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. Psa. 85:10. Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. Prov. 3:3. Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: 4. So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. Prov. 11:17. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. Prov. 12:10. A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Prov. 14:21. He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. 22. Do they not err that devise evil? But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. 31. He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. Prov. 20:28. Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. Prov. 21:21. He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. Hos. 4:1. Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Hos. 12:6. Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually. Mic. 6:8. He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Matt. 5:7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Matt. 23:23. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Luke 6:36. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Rom. 12:8. He that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. Col. 3:12. Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, sleekness, longsuffering. 13. Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. Jas. 2:13. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. .......... NAVE'S Topical Bible also says, See GOD, MERCY OF; KINDNESS. MERCY IS A PART OF THE CHARACTER OF GOD. IT MUST ALSO BE PART OF OUR CHARACTER IF WE ARE GOING TO OBTAIN MERCY FROM THE MERCIFUL GOD. Keith Hunt - Feast of Atonement 2012 |
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