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Mercy

“Blessed are the merciful, For they shall obtain mercy.”
Matt. 5:7

 
       Mercy is action (Luke 10:30-37; Matt. 17:15; Luke 18:13; Luke 17:3; Matt. 9:35-38). We must be careful in our active mercy. For unknowingly may we be aiding evil (2 Thess. 3:10; Matt. 18:15-17). We don’t want to encourage sin in our acts of mercy.

       Mercy is prayer (Rm 10:1; 3 John 2). Man falls short of the glory of God (Rm. 3:23). We know that we need Christ (Rev. 1:5). He is the only one who can save us (Acts 4:11-12).  So we can clearly understand the state of those outside of Him (1 Tim. 2:1).

      Mercy is caring for the spiritual and physical needs of others. We need to seek to serve the physical needs of others. How merciful is it to deny someone in hunger food? Or see some one sick and deny them aid? (Matt. 5:16; 1 Pet. 2:9; Matt. 15:32-38; Matt. 4:23; Matt. 25:34-46; James 1:27; 1 John 3:17-18). 

      Mercy is caring for the souls of others. Seeking to lead men to salvation is showing mercy (Gal. 6:1,6; James 5:19-20). We show mercy as we labor to bring repentance in others (Matt. 18:15-17; Luke 17:3-4). We show mercy in encouraging others to grow and mature in Christ (1 Cor. 11:1; Heb. 3:13 & 10:24).
   The point in mercy is not to inflect pain but to relieve it. We often let words do the cruel deeds that we are to shamed to act out (Eph. 4:29; Col. 4:6; James 3:8-10). The merciful Christian will always abstain from any word or act that is calculated to injure or degrade another. 
   Christians should seek to be merciful not cruel. When we are cruel we are no different than the world. Those who are merciful will obtain mercy. How do learn to be merciful? By His word. You will only truly be merciful in Him.
Are you seeking to be merciful?
Are you with holding mercy from some one?
What do you need to grow in to be more merciful?
 
 

       

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