Living Life The Kings Way

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Living Life The Kings Way
Kingdom Attitude - 5 Blessed Are The
Merciful Pastor John IsaacsKingsWay Community
ChurchNovember 27, 2005
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The Beatitudes Matthew 51-11
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 51-11 1 And seeing the multitudes, He
went up on a mountain, and when He was seated His
disciples came to Him. 2 Then He opened His
mouth and taught them, saying 3 "Blessed are
the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. 4 Blessed are those who mourn, For they
shall be comforted.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 51-11 (cont.) 5 Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth. 6 Blessed are
those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
For they shall be filled. 7 Blessed are the
merciful, For they shall obtain mercy. 8 Blessed
are the pure in heart, For they shall see God.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 51-11 (cont.) 9 Blessed are the
peacemakers, For they shall be called sons of
God. 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for
righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of
heaven. 11 "Blessed are you when they revile and
persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against
you falsely for My sake.
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To Be Blessed
Makarios Means to be happy.
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More than happiness
It is a supernatural happiness.
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More than happiness
It is knowing that you have Gods approval.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 53Blessed are the poor in spirit, for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. You will be
supernaturally happy, knowing you are approved by
God and have a place with Him and will experience
the reality of His dynamic reign and rule both in
your present life and in your life to come, when
you face the reality of your own poverty of
spirit apart from God.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 54Blessed are those who mourn, for
they shall be comforted. Supernaturally happy
will be a person who knows their place in God -
and they will find comfort in knowing that godly
sorrow plays an important role in producing the
changes God desires in their life.  It will bring
them to repentance, draw them closer to Jesus,
and conform them more to His image.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 55Blessed are the meek, for they shall
inherit the earth.   Supernaturally happy will
be anyone that knows their place in God - and
they will be confident that they will inherit a
life of godliness in the present, and a life of
reigning with Christ in the future, if they
choose to place their strength under God's
control, surrender their will to God's will, and
put their trust in Him alone.
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The Beatitudes
Matthew 56Blessed are those who hunger and
thirst for righteousness, for they shall be
filled. Supernaturally happy you will be because
you will know your place in God and be
confident that you will be filled to fullness
with an ever deepening satisfaction, if you
intensely desire to have a right relationship
with God, to live a godly life, and to be a
demonstration of His justice to the people around
you.
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Kingdom Attitude 5
Matthew 57Blessed are the merciful, for they
shall receive mercy.
If you are a person who shows others kindness and
forgiveness
You are to be supernaturally happy because you
will know God approves of you and He promises
that you will be treated kindly by Him.
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The Merciful
Roman Culture
Jewish Leaders
Justice Courage Discipline Power
Egotistical Self-righteous Judgmental Condemning
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The Merciful
What is Mercy?
It is Forbearance The benevolence, mildness or
tenderness of heart that decides to overlook
injuries or to treat an offender better than he
deserves. (Webster)
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The Merciful
What is Mercy?
It is Forbearance A legal term for refraining
from enforcement of a debt, right, or obligation
that is due.
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The Merciful
What is Mercy?
It is Compassion It causes one to help the
weak, the sick, or the poor.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
Exodus 325-6 Now the LORD descended in the
cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed
the name of the LORD. And the LORD passed before
him and proclaimed, The LORD God, merciful and
gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in
goodness and truth.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
2 Corinthians 13 Blessed be the God and Father
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies
and God of all comfort.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
Ephesians 24 But God, who is rich in mercy,
because of His great love with which He loved us.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
Exodus 2522 And there I will meet with you, and
I will speak with you from above the mercy seat,
from between the two cherubim which are on the
ark of the Testimony, about everything which I
will give you in commandment to the children of
Israel.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
Hebrews 95 And above it were the cherubim of
glory overshadowing the mercy seat.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
The Mercy SeatFrom Greek word
hilasterion. The removal of wrath by the
offering of a sacrifice.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
1 Samuel 619Then He struck the men of Beth
Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of
the LORD. He struck fifty thousand and seventy
men of the people, and the people lamented
because the LORD had struck the people with a
great slaughter.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of God
Micah 718Who is a God like You, Pardoning
iniquity and passing over the transgression of
the remnant of His heritage? He does not retain
anger forever, because He delights in mercy.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Micah 68 He has shown you, O man, what is
good and what does the LORD require of you but
to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with your God?
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Colossians 312-13 Therefore, as the elect of
God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, and longsuffering.
Bearing with one another, and forgiving one
another, if anyone has a complaint against
another even as Christ forgave you, so you also
must do.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 21 Then Peter came to Him and
said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin
against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven
times? 22 Jesus said to him, I do not say to
you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times
seven.
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 (cont.) 23 For this reason,
the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king
who decided to bring his accounts up to date with
servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In
the process, one of his debtors was brought in
who owed him millions of
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 (cont.) dollars. 25 He
couldn't pay, so the king ordered that he, his
wife, his children, and everything he had be sold
to pay the debt. 26 But the man fell down before
the king and begged him, 'Oh, sir, be patient
with me, and I will pay it all.' 27 Then the
king was filled with
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 (cont.) pity for him, and he
released him and forgave his debt. 28 But when
the man left the king, he went to a fellow
servant who owed him a few thousand dollars. He
grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant
payment. 29 His fellow servant fell down before
him
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 (cont.) and begged for a
little more time. 'Be patient and I will pay it,'
he pleaded. 30 But his creditor wouldn't wait.
He had the man arrested and jailed until the debt
could be paid in full. 31 When some of the other
servants saw this, they were very upset. They
went to the
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The Merciful
Mercy is an Attribute of Gods People
Matthew 1821-33 (cont.) king and told him what
had happened. 32 Then the king called in the man
he had forgiven and said, 'You evil servant! I
forgave you that tremendous debt because you
pleaded with me. 33 Shouldn't you have mercy on
your fellow servant, as I had mercy on you?'
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The Merciful
JUSTICE
Justice seeks to give people what they deserve
for what they have done. Justice seeks to get
back at the person who perpetrated the wrong
against us. For others we want justice, but for
ourselves we want mercy.
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
Luke 1030-34 30 Jesus replied with an
illustration "A Jewish man was traveling on a
trip from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he was
attacked by bandits. They stripped him of his
clothes and money, beat him up, and left him half
dead beside the road. 31 By chance a Jewish
priest came
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
Luke 1030-34 (cont.) along but when he saw
the man lying there, he crossed to the other side
of the road and passed him by. 32 A Temple
assistant walked over and looked at him lying
there, but he also passed by on the other side.
33 Then a despised Samaritan came along, and
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
Luke 1030-34 (cont.) when he saw the man, he
felt deep pity. 34 Kneeling beside him, the
Samaritan soothed his wounds with medicine and
bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own
donkey and took him to an inn, where he took care
of him.
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
1. It sees distress vs. 33 and when he saw
him
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
1. It sees distress. 2. Internal response of
compassion. vs. 33 when he saw him, he had
compassion.
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
1. It sees distress. 2. Internal response of
compassion. 3. External response to relieve
distress. vs. 34 So he went to him and
bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine and
he set him on his own animal, brought him to an
inn, and took care of him.
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The Merciful
Four Dimensions of Mercy
1. It sees distress. 2. Internal response of
compassion. 3. External response to relieve
distress. 4. Doesnt qualify the
recipient. vs. 33 Then a despised Samaritan
came along
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The Merciful
Do You Always Show Mercy?
Justice Sometimes it is Gods will to
recompense someone with what they deserve,
whether punishment or reward.
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The Merciful
Do You Always Show Mercy?
Mercy Sometimes it is Gods will to recompense
someone with better than what they deserve.
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The Merciful
Do You Always Show Mercy?
A Parent Proverbs 1324 tells us that if we
spare the rod we will spoil the child.
(JUSTICE) However, there might be times when a
parent forgives without punishment. (MERCY)
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The Merciful
Do You Always Show Mercy?
A Judge Should impartially sentence a criminal
according to the grievousness of their crime.
(JUSTICE) However, there might be times when a
judge will dispense clemency for some greater
good. (MERCY)
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The Merciful
Do You Always Show Mercy?
A Boss Should pay a fair wage and insist upon
hard work. (JUSTICE) However, there might be
times when a boss will pay more than a persons
work deserves, and go an extra mile with an
employee who is not really pulling their load.
(MERCY)
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The Merciful
Micah 68 He has shown you, O man, what is
good and what does the LORD require of you but
to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with your God?
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Kingdom Attitude 5
Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain
mercy.
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Kingdom Attitude 5
Supernaturally happy you will be because you
will know you have Gods approval and can be
confident that you will receive His kindness and
forgiveness, if you can recognize the distress of
others, and if you discern it is Gods will, to
show Christ love by extending tangible help,
regardless of who the person is.
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How Do We Live Our Lives The Kings Way?
By Demonstrating Gods Mercy To Others!