Knowing the mercy of God

Do you know what the mercy of God is? 

Let me explain it to you. 

If you haven't experienced the mercy of God, you don't know what you're missing. 

Mercy is one of God's most powerful attributes in which He shows His great love for us. 

In Psalm 103: 8-10, we find these wonderful words. The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. He will not always strive with us, nor will he keep his anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, nor punished us according to our iniquities. 

Let's look at some points about the mercy of God. 

First, the mercy of God in the Old Testament

When Satan rebelled against God, he immediately received his punishment. But when man sinned, he did not receive his punishment immediately, but rather God granted him the opportunity to receive salvation.

Mercy is one of the clearest attributes of the Bible. It is revealed in the lives of Moses, Jacob, and David, as well as in the people of Israel. We must erase from our minds the false and unfair idea that in the Old Testament God was cold in exercising His justice. On the contrary, in the Old Testament we can see many evidences of God's mercy, not only with His servants, but also repeatedly with rebels who deserve punishment. 

God's mercy is what grants us what we do not deserve, the riches of His grace. 

A clear example is found in Lot's departure from Sodom in Genesis 1916. We read, but he lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. 

Another clear case is the mercy that God continually showed to Israel. In Exodus 34: 6-9, we read the Lord passed before him and proclaimed the Lord.

The Lord a God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands for giving inequity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children to the third and 4th generation? 

And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshipped, And he said, if now I have found favor in your sight, oh Lord. Please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff necked people. And pardon our iniquity and our sin and take us for your inheritance In Exodus 1513 we see God's heart towards His people. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. Now let's look at the Book of Psalms. In the Book of Psalms God's mercies are mentioned more than any other book of the Bible.

David mentions God's mercies more than 80 times and calls God merciful many times. Let's read some verses to understand it clearly. In Psalm 67 one it says May God be gracious to us and bless us. May He make his face shine upon us. Mercy is one of the clearest attributes of the Bible. It is revealed in the lives of Moses, Jacob and David, as well as in the people of Israel. We must erase from our minds the false and unfair idea that in the Old Testament God was cold in exercising His justice. On the contrary, in the Old Testament we can see many evidences of God's mercy, not only with His servants but also repeatedly with rebels who deserve punishment. God's mercy is what grants us what we do not deserve, the riches of His grace. A clear example is found in Lot's departure from Sodom in Genesis 1916. We read, but He lingered.

So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the Lord being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city. Another clear case is the mercy that God continually showed to Israel. In Exodus 34: 6-9, we read the Lord passed before him, and proclaimed the Lord the Lord, a God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands for giving inequity and transgression and sin. But who will by no means clear the guilty visiting the iniquity of the Father's on the children and the children's children to the third and 4th generation? And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. And he said, If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.

In Exodus 15:13, we see God's heart towards His people. You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed. You have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. Now let's look at the Book of Psalms. In the Book of Psalms, God's mercies are mentioned more than any other book of the Bible. David mentions God's mercies more than 80 times and calls God merciful many times. Let's read some verses to understand it clearly. In Psalm 67 One it says, May God be gracious to us and bless us, may He make his face shine upon us. Second, the mercy of God in the New Testament. In the New Testament, God's mercy is incarnated in the person of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice on the cross testifies forever to God's tender disposition to forgive sinners. In Hebrews 2:17 we read Therefore He had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful High priest in service to God.

To make propitiation for the sins of the people, Jesus paid on the cross the just price for our sin. When the divine law, broken by sin was satisfied, the sentence that hung over us was annulled. That is why God can freely grant us saving grace. 

The New Testament is full of examples of God's mercy towards sinners. Through Jesus, God the Father grants his forgiveness and goodness to all who repent of their transgressions. A wellknown cases, that of the women caught in adultery in John 8: 1-11. 

The story went like this. Jesus was sitting in the temple, teaching the crowd that had gathered around him. Suddenly, a group of scribes and Pharisees interrupted his teaching, bringing with them a woman caught in adultery. They put her in front of everyone and asked Jesus what they should do with her, since Moses Law commanded them to stone such women. Jesus unfazed, bent down to right on the ground with his finger. The scribes and Pharisees persisted in their question.

But Jesus straightened up and said to them, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. Then he bent down again and continued writing on the ground. The accusers, hearing Jesus words, began to leave one by one, from oldest to youngest, leaving only Jesus and the women. Jesus straightened up and asked her, Where are those who accused you? Has no one condemned you? The women answered. No one, Lord. Then Jesus said to her.

Neither do I condemn you; go, and sin no more.”

Jesus does not accuse or condemn us, in His mercy, He restores us.

In this case, we see how God’s mercy completely changed the situation of this woman.

Third God’s Mercy in the Believer’s Life

God’s mercy continues to reach and bless man today.

In His mercy, God reveals His love for all men by offering free salvation through Jesus Christ; since He does not desire the death of sinners, but that they receive eternal life.

The believer knows from personal experience God’s mercy; the Father continually pours out His love, grace, and all the blessings provided in His Word upon us.

In Lamentations 3:22-23 we can see the mercies that God has towards us: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.”

No matter the situation we find ourselves in, our sins, failures or shortcomings, God’s mercy is always extended towards us, ready to receive us with open arms.

So if you are in a complicated and difficult situation today, do what Hebrews 4:16 says: “Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.”

At all times you can confidently approach God and attain His mercy to find grace and timely help.

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