Grace Bible Church Glorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

1. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

2. A reminder to consider others Please: Turn off your cell phone or set to vibrate only Use the nursery or cry room if your child is fussy Get up during the preaching only if absolutely necessary (please sit in back if you must leave early)

3. Blessed Are The MercifulMatthew 5:7 The nature of man is revealed when authority breaks down and people do what they want One woman justified the violence, destruction and looting by blaming a jury for a decision she did not like

4. Blessed Are The MercifulMatthew 5:7 Another woman based her morality on what she was physically restrained from doing Some thought it was fun and others brought their children along to loot Poverty in the past and present in other places has not resulted in rioting

5. Blessed Are The MercifulMatthew 5:7 Why do some sports fans riot when their team wins? Racial prejudice does not explain riots which victimize people of the same race and economic class

6. Blessed Are The MercifulMatthew 5:7 Riots, looting and mayhem are rooted in man’s sin nature - the solution is Jesus Christ Racial problems are solved in Christ - Galatians 3:26-29 Economic envy is solved in Christ - Philemon

7. Blessed Are The MercifulMatthew 5:7 The Beatitudes are statements of fact about the blessings received by those with righteous character

8. Defining Mercy Webster: compassion or forbearance shown especially to an offender or to one subject to one’s power. e]leoV / eleos: emotions of sympathy, pity, compassion; Actions of being lovingkind The Good Samaritan in Luke 10:30-36

9. Mercy & Love Mercy flows out of love – Ephesians 2:4-5

10. Mercy & Grace Mercy seeks to give aid out of compassion while grace extends to be an undeserved blessing freely given Ephesians 2:4-5; mercy made us alive in Christ; grace raised us up and seated us with Him

11. Mercy & Forgiveness Forgiveness is mercy extended to someone that has wronged you Forgiveness does not hold into account the wrong suffered – God did this for us in saving us - Titus 3:5

12. Mercy & Justice Mercy and justice seem to be mutually exclusive, Yet God is both merciful and just The one showing mercy must often pay a price in order to be merciful God satisfied justice by paying the price of mankind’s sin which allowed Him to be merciful to us

13. Obtaining Mercy People are sinful and so often do not reciprocate the mercy received God granted mercy first because He is patient and longsuffering - and mercy cannot be earned The Beatitudes are a cohesive unit that describes the character of the righteous, not random thoughts

14. Obtaining Mercy Matthew 18:21-35 - the unrighteous do not understand mercy received and so do not grant it to others Person who is poor in spirit, mourns over sin, submits to God, hungers for righteousness will extend mercy

15. Being Merciful Matthew 5:21-26 - the merciful do not respond in anger, but seek reconciliation instead Matthew 5:38-42 - the merciful do not seek revenge, but to forgiven and be a blessing instead Matthew 5:43-48 - the merciful loves both friends and enemies, the lovable and unlovable

16. Being Merciful Matthew 6:2-4 - the merciful do acts of mercy in humility and not for self glory Matthew 7:1-5 - the merciful approaches every case of judgment with humble self examination first God's mercy granted to us in Jesus Christ is the supreme example

17. Conclusion The test of this beatitude is having mercy / pity - on the dupes & victims of the world, the flesh & Satan

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