MERCY
AND PEACE!
Ps 85:10
10
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each
other.
We
need mercy.
There is something lacking in us and God, who has a limitless store, is both able
and willing to provide relief. Mercy grows out of compassion and is manifested
in real benefit. Such was the actions of the “good” Samaritan.
Luke 10:33-35
33
But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw
him, he had compassion on him,
34
And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him
on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
35
And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the
host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more,
when I come again, I will repay thee.
"Wherever
the words mercy and peace are found together they occur in that order, except
in Gal 6:16. Mercy is the act of God, peace is the resulting experience in the
heart of man. Grace describes God's attitude toward the lawbreaker
and the rebel; mercy is His attitude toward those who are in distress."
From
Notes on Galatians, by Hogg and Vine, pp. 340, 341.
(from
Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words, Copyright © 1985, Thomas Nelson
Publishers.)
2 John 3
3
Grace be with you, mercy, and peace,
from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in
truth and love.
Dear
Lord, many who read these words today will need your mercy. Give them both
mercy and peace. AMEN
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