Episode 380 - Show Notes:
- Today I have been thinking about how amazing God’s mercy is. The truth is we are all condemned. We have broken God’s laws. We have gone our own way. We are sinners. But God stepped into our mess and offered us mercy. We can’t earn it and we certainly don’t deserve it, but he gives mercy freely as a gift. It’s truly amazing.
- Though the Bible mentions mercy hundreds of times, and clearly is is one of the attributes of God, but today, I rarely hear the word mentioned. Could it be that we don’t understand mercy?
- Definition: The Greek word for mercy, ‘eleos’ means ‘compassion, pity, clemency’. God is merciful in that He withholds the punishment we deserve and shows compassion and pity toward us. Mercy is the withholding of a just condemnation.
- Mercy is a big deal. It’s because of God’s mercy that He provided a way for you and I to be forgiven of our sins. He does not hold our sins against us. He does not treat us as our sins deserve. He has forgiven us and the record of our offenses has been destroyed. We have been acquitted.
- How do we respond to God’s mercy? I can think of three things. God is worthy of our worship. He is worthy of our surrender. He is worthy that we would tell others of his great mercy.
Titus 3:5 says, “He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.”
1 Peter 1:3 says, “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”
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