Braggs Church of Christ

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Braggs Church of Christ
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Blessed Are The Merciful
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1. What Mercy Is Not

• a. Not justice
• When we pray to God we ask for mercy and not
  justice
• Justice would demand we receive what we deserve
• Ps. 511

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1. What Mercy Is Not

• b. It is not pity
• The Good Samaritan pitied the beaten stranger
• The Priest Levite probably felt sorrow for him
  as well
• Pity might shed tears, but mercy takes action

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1. What Mercy Is Not

• c. It is not easy-going as we might say
• Some say mercy is overlooking sin and error
• God does not overlook our sins
• God is merciful and also just

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2. What Mercy Is

• a. Mercy is to have Christs way of looking at
  men
• Toward the sinful suffering
• Toward the outcasts
• Jn. 4 Woman of Samaria

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2. What Mercy Is

• a. Mercy is to have Christs way of looking at
  men
• Jn. 8 Woman taken in adultery --- Jesus saw in
  every person a soul worth saving

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2. What Mercy Is

• a. Mercy is to have Christs way of looking at
  men
• We must follow Christs example in the treatment
  of enemies
• Mt. 543-44
• Lk. 2334

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2. What Mercy Is

• b. Mercy is to be kind in our judgments of others
• Mt. 71-5

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2. What Mercy Is

• c. It is to carry out the Golden Rule
• Mt. 712

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2. What Mercy Is

• d. It is a quality that cannot he hid
• We are either merciful or we are not
• If we are merciful it will show itself in action
  and deed

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3. Why We Should Be Merciful

• a. Because God was, and is merciful to us
• Eph. 24

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3. Why We Should Be Merciful

• b. We need to be merciful in order to be like
  Christ
• Look at Jesus upon the cross
• He never sinned nor did harm to anyone
• Lk. 1910
• Lk. 2334

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4. They Shall Obtain Mercy

• a. From Men
• Lk. 636-38

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4. They Shall Obtain Mercy

• b. From God
• Js. 213

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4. They Shall Obtain Mercy

• We all need mercy.
• What would we be like without Gods tender mercy?
• Looking back over our lives we see wasted
  opportunities and shameful sin

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4. They Shall Obtain Mercy

• God had mercy on us He pitied us and called us
  into fellowship with Him
• We shall need the mercy of God in the hour of
  death and in the day of judgment.