Simply
Merciful
WhatisMercy?
Noun
1.  Compassionorrestraint
andkindnessshown
towardanoffender,anenemy
2.  Thediscre>onarypowerofajudgeto
pardonsomeoneortoreduce
punishment.
3.  Anactofkindness,compassion,orfavour.
WhatisMercy?
Antonym:Cruelty;Ruthlessness
Synonyms:Leniency;Clemency;Compassion;
Grace;Pity;Forgiveness;Charity;
Forbearance;Humanity;Magnanimity;
Tenderness
Adjec>ve:Merciful
WhatisMercy?
"God'smercyishistender-hearted,loving
compassionforhispeople.Itishis
tendernessofhearttowardtheneedy.
MillardErickson
Threethings:
1.  WhatdoestheBible
sayaboutbeing
merciful?
2.  Howcanweshow
mercy?
3.  Whatisthe
condi>onal
importanceof
beingmerciful?
TimeforaStory
MercythroughForgiveness
-  Thatwasamodernisa>onofMaVhew
18:21-35
-  MercyisoYen
demonstrated
throughforgiveness
MercythroughForgiveness
1.  Thesheerenormityof“John’s”debtis
huge;impossibly,unthinkablylarge!
2.  Thegravityofthedebtisexaggeratedby
thesugges>onofhisfamilybeingsold
3.  Why?TohighlightthebeautyoftheKing,
inhisforgiveness;totheenormityof
God’smercyinsendingJesustodieforus
4.  Wedonotdeservethemercyshowntous
MercythroughLove
-  God’smercy
isrootedin
hislovefor
us
-  Howelsecan
youexplain
thecross?
AnotherShortStory
TheGoodSamaritan
Luke10:30-37
MercythroughLove
-  Mercyisdemonstratedherethroughlove
-  Thisloveknowsnobarriers:racial,creedal,
temporal,societal,class-al
-  "The‘loveofneighbour’issomething
whichoverrideslikesanddislikes....Itis
anewrela>ontowardsmen,createdby
anewrela>ontoGod”-T.W.Manson.
MercythroughLove
“Whoismy
neighbour?”
“Towhommay
Ibeaneighbour?"
MercythroughLove
•  Therobber'sPhilosophy:
"What'syoursismine,andI'lltakeit."
•  ThePriestandLevite'sPhilosophy:
What'smineismine,andI'llkeepit."
•  Theinnkeeper'sPhilosophy:
"What'smineisyours,ifyoucanpayforit."
•  TheSamaritan'sPhilosophy:
"What'smineisyours,andwe'llshareit."
MercyinAc>on
TheParable
ofthe
Unmerciful
Servant
Part2
MercyinAc>on
1.  Thereisacondi>onalimportanceaVached
tobeingmerciful
•  “Blessedarethemerciful,fortheywill
beshownmercy”MaVhew5:7
•  Condi>onsareimportant!
•  “Butifyourefusetoforgiveothers,your
Fatherwillnotforgiveyoursins.”
MaVhew6:15
MercyinAc>on
2.  Beingmercifulis
aGospelcommand
•  “Bemerciful,just
asyourFatheris
merciful”Luke6:36
•  Ifwehavesomething
undeservedin
abundance,isitnot
ourdutytoshare?
MercyinAc>on
•  IstheresomeoneIamunwillingtoshow
mercytowards?
•  DoIretainmyhurt,asIfeelIhavebeen
wronged?
•  HowmercifuldoyouwantGodbetowards
yourdebt?
•  AmIlivingalifeoflove,offorgiveness,or
mercy?
MercyinAc>on
AChallengeforthisWeekAhead…
Engageinanactofmercyeveryday