God’s Mercy Poured On You Requires You To Do The Same To Others

In Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount, we are called to be a people who exude mercy because God Himself, being rich in mercy, even when we were dead in our sin, made us alive together with Christ (Eph. 2:4). In fact, God’s mercies never come to an end (Lam. 3:22). Throughout the Old Testament, God revealed Himself as the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (Ex. 34:6). It is according to His great mercy that God has caused us to be born again (1 Pet. 1:3). When we see the immensity of God’s mercy shown to us while we were still miserable in our sin and without hope, we then have no other option but to be merciful to others who are in the pit of misery and despair. The saving mercy of God gives birth to a transformed people who, in turn, reflect this mercy to others. Mercy begets mercy in the hearts of God’s people, who, in turn, reflect God’s supernatural work in merciful deeds toward others. When our heart validates that we have received God’s mercy, we can bank on the promise that God’s mercy will remain on us forever—we shall receive mercy.