Mercy and the Everlasting Gospel: Introduction

“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. “ Matthew 23:23

In pronouncing His woes to the Pharisees, Jesus makes plain to them that mercy, together with judgement and faith, is among the weightier matters of the law. One has observed that mercy is a part of God’s character which, though often mentioned, is really lightly considered.  I'll be posting a series of short studies which are really a collection of notes from one’s personal study on the topic. One has really been blessed much in the realisation of a part of God’s character very unfamiliar to some (at least to me personally before the study).

The studies have been structured in a series of brief portions or thought nuggets to make for easy reading. One is still learning of the lovely character of Jesus and thus there is possibly much room for additions to points, but they are shared with the hope that they will bless the reader as much as (if not more) than the one posting.

“He hath showed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?” Micah 6:8.