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Keys: Part 5
Keys to the Good Life
Part 5
Have Mercy
We continue with the series Keys to the Good Life. We have to use the keys altogether. We must use all of them. The only way to live in and retain the good life is from the inside out. The good life comes to you – it will come to those who attract it. The good life will find you when it sees you are a suitable place for it to live.
To review, God blesses those who are poor in spirit. Don’t play God. We have to reject self-reliance and recognize that we don’t control everything. God blesses those who mourn. We have to know that it is hopeless by ourselves. But, God promises that we will be comforted. We have to be real. God blesses those who are meek, i.e., those who are humble and who trust him. Meekness means that we have to give up getting our own way. God blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. He promises that you will be saturated.
God blesses those who are caring, i.e., thoughtful, kind and gentle (Matthew 5:7). “Merciful” means to have compassion or to suffer with. Mercy is strictly a covenant term. It means: I will withhold what you deserve, i.e. death and punishment. You don’t have what you haven’t received.
The only way to show mercy is to imitate God (Ephesians 5:1, 2). We are supposed to show mercy to other people unto God. God’s forgiveness always comes after the execution of the penalty. No one gets away with anything (Galatians 3:24, 25). Everyone is unto the law until they come to Christ.
We have to forgive by faith, looking at Christ (Ephesians 4:32). We have to forgive others the way God forgave us. It is useless not to forgive someone who God forgives (John 8:1-11). We ought to show the same mercy to others that God has shown us (Colossians 3:13). How does God forgive us? He sees Christ in us. We also have to do it for other people. God also totally and completely forgives us. We have to do the same for others. We have to exercise our will to not remember anymore. Because I am forgiven, I should extend the same mercy to others (Proverb 11:17).
Part 5
Have Mercy
We continue with the series Keys to the Good Life. We have to use the keys altogether. We must use all of them. The only way to live in and retain the good life is from the inside out. The good life comes to you – it will come to those who attract it. The good life will find you when it sees you are a suitable place for it to live.
To review, God blesses those who are poor in spirit. Don’t play God. We have to reject self-reliance and recognize that we don’t control everything. God blesses those who mourn. We have to know that it is hopeless by ourselves. But, God promises that we will be comforted. We have to be real. God blesses those who are meek, i.e., those who are humble and who trust him. Meekness means that we have to give up getting our own way. God blesses those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. He promises that you will be saturated.
God blesses those who are caring, i.e., thoughtful, kind and gentle (Matthew 5:7). “Merciful” means to have compassion or to suffer with. Mercy is strictly a covenant term. It means: I will withhold what you deserve, i.e. death and punishment. You don’t have what you haven’t received.
The only way to show mercy is to imitate God (Ephesians 5:1, 2). We are supposed to show mercy to other people unto God. God’s forgiveness always comes after the execution of the penalty. No one gets away with anything (Galatians 3:24, 25). Everyone is unto the law until they come to Christ.
We have to forgive by faith, looking at Christ (Ephesians 4:32). We have to forgive others the way God forgave us. It is useless not to forgive someone who God forgives (John 8:1-11). We ought to show the same mercy to others that God has shown us (Colossians 3:13). How does God forgive us? He sees Christ in us. We also have to do it for other people. God also totally and completely forgives us. We have to do the same for others. We have to exercise our will to not remember anymore. Because I am forgiven, I should extend the same mercy to others (Proverb 11:17).
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