Be Merciful (Mark 1:40-42)
Roger Thrower, October 4, 2020Part of the Attributes of God Series series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
BEING MERCIFUL IS SO IMPORTANT TO GOD.
James 2:13 - For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Mercy (eleos) – A special and immediate regard to the misery, which is the consequence of sins.
Contrast with grace (charis), which is God’s free grace and gift displayed in the forgiveness of sins as extended to men in their guilt. God’s mercy (eleos) is extended for the alleviation for the consequences of sin.
The guilt and power of sin must be removed through God’s grace before the alleviation of the misery of sin can be experienced. The believer is to exercise mercifulness, for he can feel compassion for the misery of sin upon others, but he has no power to exercise grace since that is exclusively God’s work.
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