Mercy

Mercy is the unexpected way God responds in love to our needs.

• Mercy has been defined by some as compassion. However, biblical mercy goes beyond that (How Are Disciples Merciful?).
• Mercy is more than forgiveness and kindness and goes beyond sorrow at other’s suffering (How Are Disciples Merciful?)
• We do not deserve or are not entitled to this mercy (Does God Really Forgive and Forget Sin?).
• Because He loves us so much, God shows that through mercy, in which He particularly delights (Does God Really Forgive and Forget Sin?).
• God’s peace, mercy, and love is at our center (Peace, Mercy, and Love).
• He uses our disobedience to show His mercy to us (Rom. 11: 32) (How Does God Choose Who Gets Salvation?).
• Mercy doesn’t negate or dilute God’s laws and commandments (Does God Really Forgive and Forget Sin?).
• We can show God’s love, but we can’t His mercy. We can’t out-mercy God or even give the same amount (Does God Really Forgive and Forget Sin?).
• We are to do the charitable acts through mercy (Disciples and Charitableness).
• We shouldn’t judge without the mercy (The Lenient Judgment of Others).