Or maybe I should ask, “Have you saturated your life with that? Listen to it. Help the children absorb this worldview. "I don't ask for justice," demanded his mother, "I plead for mercy." Again we see compassionate treatment of those in distress. Orthodox Christian Reformed Church of Kelowna, British Columbia Why? Where do I get this, and what do I mean? A heritage to Israel His servant, This may seem obvious to you. Though the prayer appears in various wordings, its most basic form goes like this: “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me.” Ten short words, all of them simple and easy to understand. May God grant us the grace to do so. Proverbs 11:17 states, “The merciful man does good for his own soul.” And Matthew 5:7 says, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.”, I am reminded of the lines from Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice that I had to memorize in public school, “The quality of mercy is not strained. No, in Hinduism what your objective beliefs are about God are not essential. Our actions as a church are built on something. He is not merciful to all sinners; some perish and spend eternity in hell. It is no longer a question of power, as it was in the first chapter (Ephesians 1:19, 20), but of love, mercy, grace, and kindness.I. Live a life that shows this! The second part of the aim is that your life be built on God’s mercy, but let’s not go there yet. Psalm 136 sings of God’s mercy like no other Psalm, and refers to repeated demonstrations of God’s mercy to the children of Israel. Consider the word therefore in verse 1: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God.” That’s a very important word. In the end he abandons her and divorces her. Seek the Lord! It’s not arbitrary. And when he had come near, He asked him, saying, ‘What do you want Me to do for you?’ He said, ‘Lord, that I may receive my sight.’ Then Jesus said to him, ‘Receive your sight; your faith has made you well.’ And immediately he received his sight, and followed Him, glorifying God. Years of reflection and refinement and prayer and searching the word of God. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.” That demonstrates again the reach of God’s mercy and the distance He will go to be merciful to His people.         For His mercy endures forever; It had been my hope to place in this one sermon a message on the cherubim and the mercy seat. Sermon series: A Lasting Legacy. Paying attention to what the early church prayed for can help keep your prayer life from falling into a rut. The best way to understand and appreciate God’s mercy is to observe it in action. The first reference to the mercy of God in the Bible is in connection with the rescue of Lot and his family from Sodom and Gomorrah.         For His mercy endures forever; And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord: ‘For He is good, For His mercy endures forever toward Israel.’” God was always coming to His distressed people with mercy and compassionate treatment of those in distress. “I plead for mercy!” “But your son doe … God’s Mercy is Never Far Away (illustration) Robert Robinson had been saved out of a life of sin through George Whitfield’s ministry in England. Mercy is good and we take heart when the Bible tells us that God is merciful. Federated with the United Reformed Churches of North America The Hindu way of life, the dharma, is not preceded by a great therefore rooted in objective truth. If you have not, listen to Isaiah as he tells you how to receive it, in Isaiah 55:6 & 7. The fact that the Lord's mercy endureth forever, means nothing can stop His mercy. I want to talk to you today about covered by mercy. I hope so. Paul wrote about "The Gospel Of Grace," and we are going to try to better understand this idea. Mercy responds to both. Psalm 103:17 assures us that “The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him.” Those who receive God’s mercy in this world will have it forever. Look at Romans 15:8–9. ... She was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. These streams followed up to the fountain: It is of the Lord’s mercies. God has declared it to be worthy of death. It is at the cross, as Psalm 85:10 expresses it, “Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed.” And now because of the death of Jesus on the cross, God can be merciful to us and deliver us from our sins, giving us new life. For example, contrast Hinduism, the religion of hundreds of millions mainly in India. 8. The emperor said it was his second offense, and justice demanded his death. Our mercy to each other comes from God’s mercy to us. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.”. Call upon Him. I move on now to the reflection of God’s mercy, reminding you again of our need to bear God’s image in a darkened world. The Mercy Of God. Unhappily, Lot’s wife lagged behind and kept looking back and she perished, but Lot and his daughters escaped because of God’s mercy. . Put to death the sinful judgments of your hearts that you're making. Oh, how we need to be this way! I get it from the word “therefore,” and I mean that all your behavior and emotions and thoughts should be based on God-revealed truth in the Bible. Later on in their history, God’s people rebelled against Him to the point where God finally let His anger go and the Babylonians came, over-ran the country, taking many of the people off into captivity in Babylon. On that occasion, God passed by Moses on the mountain, proclaiming, “The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands.” The Psalmist is simply repeating what was revealed then. To be saved. Listen to how the Bible speaks to us about this. Would it be based on how many times a week you're having devotions and Bible studies and prayer? You know we are on the right track here when you just walk down through chapter 12 and look at all the mercy that is going to flow out of us when we build our lives on the mercy of God. Those who are merciful will be shown mercy. The aim of all 11 chapters — all sixteen chapters — is that we might make the mercy of God look great among the nations. He will have mercy. Help them see that Christian living — for children and teenagers and adults — is built on the gospel — on the beauty of Christ crucified and risen and reigning. How can I live to show that Jesus didn’t come into the world to help me party better but to help me love better and die better? You can see that Paul’s view of life and the Hindu view of life at this point are radically different. I want to talk to you about the mercy of God in: I. The Lord has acts of mercy, but the Bible says that the Lord is mercy. Look at the first two phrases of verse 9: “Let love be genuine. And then a strong vote of affirmation. 1. Whether they realized it or not, the family of Lot was in great distress because fire and brimstone from the heavens were about to rain down upon the two cities to destroy them and all of their inhabitants. Even if we are right, we can be a better person when we show a little kindness instead of giving “pay back.” Jesus said Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Help them see that Christian living is not a list of do’s and don’ts, it is a way of showing the glory of God and Christ. It is twice blessed. Even when they resisted God and rebelled against Him in the way, God in mercy still did not give up on them. But there is more that can be said about God’s mercy. Her husband was never interested. God is merciful to some and not to others. I took the concordance and began looking up the places where I could find the word mercy. It blesses him who gives and him who takes.” Whatever else might be said for or against Shakespeare, he had the truth about mercy straight. Did you hear both sides of mercy? "Well, then," the emperor said, "I will have mercy." A mother sought the pardon of her son from the first Napoleon. Sometimes we are mistaken. Or how well you're keeping your anger under control? I just read an article this past week by Herbert Hoefer. With a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, Our questions are answered in Hebrews 8:12 where God says “I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” Our sin is what puts us in distress. And he spared the woman's son. Abhor is a really strong word. Even though God had warned them of what was coming, they were lingering behind in the cities. To Him who divided the Red Sea in two, All content © 2006-, United Reformed Church of Burlington, Washington • 778 North Burlington Boulevard, Burlington, WA  98233 • (360) 757-4620 We have already had occasion to refer to this chapter in dealing with the attributes of God. Has God forgiven you and given you new life? "Sir," the woman cried, "it would not be mercy if he deserved it, and mercy is all I ask for." It simply won’t work. . 6; Hannah: A Mother Who Gave - 1 Sam.         For His mercy endures forever.”. The word mercy here implies not only forgiveness for the guilty, but especially tenderhearted compassion for the helpless and desperate. He is author of. Linda gives her testimony to the women of the church telling how she had wanted to be a missionary from the time she was younger. We should rather rejoice that it flows so widely and so deep. the mercy of the Lord just overcame me this past week. © Burlington United Reformed Church; The Preacher, Vol. I woke up Tuesday morning praising the Lord for His mercy. Its reflection. Luis Palau, Experiencing God's Forgiveness, Multnomah Press, 1984. “The Lord is merciful and gracious.” There is no question that God is merciful. Sin causes great distress for us; it angers God, and our only hope is found in God’s mercy and readiness to treat sinners compassionately. From this story we understand immediately that mercy is giving compassionate treatment to those in distress. Hinduism does not teach 11 chapters of clear, objective, historical, and spiritual truth about the nature of God, and then say, therefore live the way these truths demand. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. How else will we keep loving each other in the days to come when the vision of Treasuring Christ Together will test our capacities for mercy to each other? It doesn’t come out of nowhere. These are short, easy to preach sermons. It has roots. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." We were weak and helpless (that’s one side), and we were sinners and guilty (that’s the other side). Have the mercies of God in saving you sunk to the center and core of your life, so that you are living from a deep spring of humble, brokenhearted happiness in the God of mercy?”. O Bethlehem, let’s build our lives on the mercies of God. “Then it happened, as He (that is Jesus) was coming near Jericho, that a certain blind man sat by the road begging. But mercy weeps while it hates. "God, we cry out to you as our authority and the author of true mercy. They are built on the mercies of God. Sin brings condemnation, death and eternal judgment, which would be the lot of everyone of us had not the mercy of God come to expression again. He is turning from theology to ethics. We all make mistakes in life and do things that we know we shouldn't do, and it's easy to live guilty, in regrets, feeling like we're all washed up. Because of the truth of Romans 1–11, therefore live the life of Romans 12–16. Verse 1: “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God.” Just think of this: of all the things that Paul could have picked out from Romans 1–11 as the root and foundation of your new life in Christ, he picks out the mercies of God. 1 ... God loved us so that He could demonstrate His mercy to us in the person of His Son. We exist to put the glory of God’s mercy in Christ on display. Therefore — and only therefore — we move ahead. Before questioning why God should leave anybody out, we need to remember that He owes mercy to no one and He has willed to grant His mercy to a great company of people which no man can number. Imagine that you wake up at 2:00 in the morning, and you think to yourself, Is my life really pleasing to God? It has a foundation. In addition it can be said that mercy is one of those things we can do for the good of ourselves. All needing mercy.--But these blind men, called in prayer, "Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David" (v 30)--They needed mercy. God in mercy used her greatly! Grace is a gift from God the Father. If you have comments or questions about the website, please email webmaster@burlingtonurc.org, 778 North Burlington Boulevard, Burlington, WA  98233, United Reformed Churches of North America. One story that sticks in my mind that particularly demonstrates His mercy is the story of the blind man in Luke 18. So we say, “Because of God’s mercy revealed in Christ, therefore, I do this and not that. It must be very important for Paul was willing to forfeit his life in order to preach it. Jesus came and fulfilled all righteousness in our behalf and, exchanging His righteousness for our sins, He accepted the condemnation and death that we deserved. 2. As important as committment is, it is not the subject of this sermon. That’s Paul’s first message in verse 1. If we miss this connection, we miss everything. . God had compassion on them and rescued them from their distress. Their very lives were at stake. The mercy that God blesses is itself the blessing of God. Mercy forgives the guilty and mercy pities the helpless. that you would build it on the mercies of God revealed in Christ. And made Israel pass through the midst of it, When the Lord Jesus was here among us, He repeatedly showed compassionate treatment to the distressed. As a new year dawns, consider that God’s word offers great treasures on a first reading, and many of its greatest ones as we reread year after year. Having written of God’s wrath and righteousness and judgment, and of our fall and sin and death, and of Christ’s death and resurrection, and of justification by faith alone, and of the coming of the Spirit to sanctify us and keep us, and of God’s absolute sovereignty in his faithfulness to the elect and to Israel — having said all of that, he picks out this one great reality as the sum, or the height, of it all, and says, therefore, by the mercies of God I appeal to you. Ephesians 2:4 & 5 says, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ.” Titus 3:4-6 reads, “But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior.” I Peter 1:3 says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.”. here are mercies in the plural number, denoting the abundance and variety of those mercies.God is an inexhaustible fountain of mercy, the Father of mercies.Note, We all owe it to the sparing mercy of God that we are not consumed.         For His mercy endures forever; They refused to obey, and they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. Mercy is the compassionate treatment of those who are in distress. What an amazing statement! Because of all the truth about God and sin and Christ and the cross and the Spirit and faith and justification — because of all that we have seen in Romans 1–11, therefore we are to build our practical lives on this. Let’s stay right here and make a very important point: the Christian life is built on something. We shouldn’t do that with our lust and anger. Because of God’s mercy revealed in Christ, therefore I cultivate this kind of emotion and put that kind to death. Weekly audio sermons Welcome to Keep Believing Ministries’ audio/podcast library. THE TENDER MERCIES OF GOD Ps 145:8-11 8 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. And you know, don’t you, that mercy is not spineless. Sermon by Rev. Wicked men rejoice in the downfall and calamity of the good; they accept it as a sign of hypocrisy and of the approaching downfall of goodness and the good cause. "God who is rich in mercy." In mercy God sent messengers to rescue Lot and his family. The question is not mainly, “What’s wrong with this music or this movie or this party or this dress or these drugs or these friends?” The question is, How can I act and speak and feel so that I help my friends see the worth of Jesus above all music and movies and parties and friends? Why is God’s mercy so often spoken of in connection with his slowness to anger? To this we can add a few more verses.         For His mercy endures forever; It doesn’t come out of nowhere. Receive these mercies. Indeed, let God be praised for His great mercy. It falleth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. Most of these are short topical sermon outlines, but some are expository. INTRODUCTION: As we pick up our study of the Beatitudes, we come to lesson number four, or the 5th blessing: "Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy." The women were deeply moved. What a marvelous blessing it is! We say that mercy is a very wonderful thing. Just Keep Walking - Sermon on Mercy and Grace Genesis 5:21-24. Building a Legacy that Lasts - Deut. May it be granted to each of us, and then may we in turn learn to be merciful to others. Ezra writes about this in Ezra 3:10 & 11. That’s mercy, and God is merciful. God’s mercy is not only wide and deep, it is long lasting also. Christian acting and feeling and speaking are not rootless. Abhor what is evil. "But," said the emperor, "he does not deserve mercy." We have it here in Psalm 103:8. They are truly easy sermons to preach. These simple sermon outlines are suitable for 10 or 15 minute Wednesday night devotionals or to use as sermon ideas. Israel had been in great distress in Egypt, forced into slavery by the Egyptians. Our lives are founded on the mercies of God. Forsake your sinful ways and return to the Lord. (Ver. I will pray this for you too. Because our lives are built on something. Shortly after that, at the age of twenty-three, Robinson wrote the hymn “Come, Thou Fount of … No, this does not mean that our mercy towards others is first, and then God bestows mercy on us. But God treated them compassionately, delivering them from Egypt and bringing them through the wilderness and settling them in the land of promise. At the end of another year, Pastor John reflects on 2020, the world of Ephesians, and the need for a new tidal wave of God-centered teaching. Fanny Crosby, writer of 6000 beloved hymns, was also blind - not healed. See if you don’t hear both in Romans 5:6–8: For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. He wrote: The proper name of “Hinduism” is “Sanatana Dharma” or “the eternal way of life.” You can have whatever beliefs you like, but you are expected to live out “dharma.” Your religion is expected to participate in the values and customs and organization of society. May we have it straight in our minds! There are two parts to this aim: I see those two things in the first half of verse 1 of Romans 12. If a Hindu finds you to be a person of character and propriety, it does not matter to him that much if you have differing theological beliefs. It has roots. Mercy hates evil, but in our personal relationships repays no one evil for evil (verse 17). We’re on a mission to change that. Christians are unavoidably out of step with this world. Sermon. The Mercy Of God: A Body Of Divinity by Thomas Watson 9. God, seeing us in our sin and misery, seeing us in our condemnation, acted mercifully by sending His only Son to rescue us. 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