"Meet Mercy"

Matthew 5:7
"Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy."

To obtain mercy is two fold:


To be in God's Kingdom...you must seek mercy


And to continue in God's Kingdom...you give mercy to others
Martin Lloyd Jones wrote:

"A Christian is something before he does something"

Legalism is my christian behavior
True Christianity controls me from the inside out


Four Questions:

1.what does it mean to be merciful?
The Roman philosphy of the day: Mercy is a disease of the soul

Let's Compare mercy with other Kingdom concepts:
     Mercy and Forgiveness Daniel 9:9
     Mercy and love Mercy is higher than forgiveness and love is bigger than mercy
     Mercy and Grace Mercy says I pity you, Grace says I pardon you
     Mercy and Justice James 2:10


Mercy means you reach out in sympathy and total forgiveness in grace and love when truth has been accepted

The characteristics of a godless society:    Romans 1:29-31

2. What is the source of mercy? it comes from God, only on his terms

Ps 103:11, Luke 6:36

3. What does it mean to be merciful?
      Physical way...give to physical needs
      Spiritual Way
         1. Pity for the lost  Acts 7:60
         2. Pronouncing the truth  2 Timothy 2:25
         3. Pray for everyone
         4. Preaching

4. What is the Result? Happiness is obtaining mercy


2 Samuel 22:26 .. James 2:13 .. Matthew 6:14 .. Matthew 18:23-35