CeCe Winans: Mercy Said No

ALL OF US HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR LIFE

WHO'S OUT THERE STRUGGLING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ4OkawDpQE&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1GfcOFPc0Z9rVwW5_BpKjbcOj2onhNI-NAYDzGmUsI8L4P5EiTpUMsG8M

SOMEBODY'S SOMEONE ~Daphne Willis~

MERCY IS: Identification With The Sufferings Of Others
Rom 9:15 (NIV) ..."I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion."

Occasionally God chooses not to grant us mercy; for the purpose of judgment, rebuke, discipline, or testing. Fortunately, for most of us, this is the exception, not the rule. For the time being, God has shown incredible patience and mercy by withholding most of the effects of our sins.

Luke 23:40-41 (NIV) ..."Don't you fear God?" he said... "We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong."
If God chooses to give us or someone we know "what we deserve", how should we respond? If it is us, fear and repentance cannot be achieved too quickly. If to anyone else, we have an occasion to voluntarily share in the sufferings that we have been mercifully spared. Why would we willfully do this, if God hasn't made us suffer for our sins? Because by sharing their sorrows we can voluntarily feel what we in fact deserve ourselves, and can help restore them. And given our tendencies, who knows but that we may be next?

Jude 23 (NIV) Snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear...

Gal 6:1-2 (NIV) Brothers, if a man is trapped in some sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself; you may also be tempted. Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

http://www.acts17-11.com/mercy.html

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