VerseD: Matthew 5:7
“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”
Matthew 5:7, ESV
Our Lord has shown us mercy by dying in our place.
We can at least show mercy to our fellow fallen humans in response.
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“Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.”
Matthew 5:7, ESV
Our Lord has shown us mercy by dying in our place.
We can at least show mercy to our fellow fallen humans in response.
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7, ESV
Signs we are walking in the light:
He gives power to the faint, and to him who has no might he increases strength.
Isaiah 40:29, ESV
Our Father may give us physical strength, or He may give us emotional or psychological strength, but He always gives us the power to overcome evil and unrighteousness through the blood of Christ and by the Holy Spirit.
“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.”
Matthew 12:18, ESV
Matthew quotes a prophecy about Jesus, fulfilled in His time. However, the Holy Spirit moves today through Hos Body, the Church, to reach the world for the Father’s glory.
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:17, ESV
The Gospel reveals God’s love for us and our need for Him, and it gives us the hope and faith that His promises are true.
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 10:23, ESV
Our faithful Lord is always here with us to help is remain faithful to His gospel, to share that gospel of His life, death, and resurrection and all His commands with this wicked and corrupt world.
And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.
Isaiah 60:3, ESV
The Lord draws all peoples to Himself. We are all made in the image of God, so we all must share the gospel with all people. As it says, one day every knee will bow to Jesus.
