verse of the day

Thursday 2 May 2024

Mercy, ( Ephesians 2 v 1 9 )

 When someone  commits an awful crime,one may think or say that person doesn't deserve mercy, instead they are getting what they deserved,put them in prison and throw away the key.Or we may say bring back capital punishment,they should be ,'hung, drawn and  quartered, that was an awful way to die,it involved ,well I won't go into that, all I  can assure you is ,it was ghastly. We are talking here on an horizontal level level,  sins and wrongs that we perpetrate on each other,but what about the wrongs we commit against God?,they are called sin,and the fact unlike human justice, no one will escape the judgement of God,in fact no one deserves mercy,no one.Here is one definition of mercy, the compassionate treatment of those in distress,especially when it is within one's power to punish or harm them'.The Bible teaches that everybody sins,and everyone will stand before God to be judged ,there will be no plea bargaining , or saying you are innocent,that it wasn't you, or it was someone else, no  for all have sinned an come short of the glory of God. (Romans3 v23 ) .All the sins one has committed all their lives ,will be judged,the seriousness of your sin will be seen for it was,hateful in Gods estimation,and absolutely no mercy will be shown you,and let me say it will be worse that being,hung ,drawn ,and quartered,for it will be an eternal judgement.But while you live and our spared here  there is hope for you,for God is merciful,. If we seek God for mercy now,by accepting Jesus as our Saviour then we can have all our sins forgiven, and can escape the just judgement of God.

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