The Mercy of God – Part 1
Dr RJ Sing · 1 min read
“All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. 4But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions it is by grace you have been saved.”
Mercy – a good way to understand the meaning is to see how it relates to grace:
1. Mercy – not getting what you deserve / withheld punishment.
2. Grace – getting what you don’t deserve / unmerited favor.
Mercy is like a judge finding you guilty, but withholding any punishment and grace is getting something you could never have imagined, an inexplicable gift. It’s is like the same judge awarding you $10,000,000.00 after finding you guilty! In this sense, mercy can be thought of as the opposite of grace, or perhaps more correctly the inverse.
The words are normally used in Scripture as defined though occasionally the distinctions are blurred. In Greek as in English, mercy can also mean pity or compassion. The King James Version, for example often translated the word love as mercy.
From the March 2017 issue, themed Supernatural Outpourings from Heaven over My Life.
