Spiritual Gift Mercy

The Spiritual Gift Mercy

This gift of Mercy is that which allows us to bask in the eternal sunshine of Gods love. This is despite whatever we may have done or said in the past. When we come and ask for forgiveness we live un-condemned. We are delivered and freed from the bonds of this world. Developing Mercy begins when we accept that God first had Mercy on us. This knowing is the beginning of spiritual maturity in God. Because we have been granted a pardon we are free to soak up the sunshine of life. Like the wheat in the field we then grow together in joy and hope. In fact this ability to show Mercy is what will distinguish you from others. Others who judge harshly and don't show Mercy will attract the same in return.

One can understand those who don't show Mercy but have not known of the joys and wonders of Gods glorious love. Those who have not known Gods love are Biblicaly referred to as the weeds. We are told in the scriptures to let the weeds grow along-side us Wheaties in the field until maturity. This is because It's not possible to distinguish between the wheat and the weeds of the field in the early stages. We don't know one from the other. Really to try to tell the weeds from the wheat at this early stage is a form of judgment. A form of judgment that comes too early is pre-judge-ment. Now you aren't prejudice are you. This is exactly the message the scriptures are getting at. We are to hold high expectations for all those around us because we don't know what will become of them. We can't tell from the externals that we see.

Then better you concentrate on your own growth and let others do the same. Grow and let grow. Let he is without sin amongst you cast the first stone. If that is you you may as well spread your wings and start flying around the room now. I am not sure why you are reading this because you are an Angel. If you are however like the rest of us you will know the need for Mercy from imperfection. If the perfect Christ showed Mercy than it is not above you and I. Since we have been given the Mercy to live out our days in this perfect sunshine in his grace we should extend that grace to others. When you next look at the plant beside you see the wheat in them and not the weed. Because as a humble head of wheat it is not for you to know.

The prophet David was good at this. Consider how much patience he had with Saul in the scriptures below - despite Saul's desperation to kill him he had the patience and Mercy of the wheat in the field.

1 Samuel 24:10-13

10You can see for yourself that the LORD gave me the chance to catch you in the cave today. Some of my men wanted to kill you, but I wouldn't let them do it. I told them, "I will not harm the LORD's chosen king!" 11Your Majesty, look at what I'm holding. You can see that it's a piece of your robe. If I could cut off a piece of your robe, I could have killed you. But I let you live, and that should prove I'm not trying to harm you or to rebel. I haven't done anything to you, and yet you keep trying to ambush and kill me.

    12I'll let the LORD decide which one of us has done right. I pray that the LORD will punish you for what you're doing to me, but I won't do anything to you. 13An old proverb says, "Only evil people do evil things," and so I won't harm you.

Let God judge you he says. In doing he recognizes life in more than mere appearances and surfaces. Life has a deeper aspect and that aspect is the spiritual aspect. That spiritual journey is our focus and you are invited to look further through these pages.

The Spiritual Gift of Mercy in the New Testament.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 9:13
But go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice.' For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 9:27
       [ Jesus Heals the Blind and Mute ] As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 12:7
If you had known what these words mean, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 15:22
A Canaanite woman from that vicinity came to him, crying out, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy   on me! My daughter is suffering terribly from demon-possession."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 17:15
"Lord, have mercy on my son," he said. "He has seizures and is suffering greatly. He often falls into the fire or into the water.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 18:33
      Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?'

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 20:30
      Two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was going by, they shouted, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 20:31
      The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they shouted all the louder, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Matthew 23:23
      "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Mark 5:19
      Jesus did not let him, but said, "Go home to your family and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and how he has had mercy on you."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Mark 10:47
      When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Mark 10:48
      Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 1:50
      His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 1:58
      Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 1:72
      to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant,

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 1:78
      because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 10:37
      The expert in the law replied, "The one who had mercy on him." Jesus told him, "Go and do Spiritual Gift Mercy in likewise."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 18:13
      "But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 18:38
      He called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Luke 18:39
      Those who led the way rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!"

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 9:15
      For he says to Moses, "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 9:16
      It does not, therefore, depend on man's desire or effort, but on God's mercy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 9:18
      Therefore God has mercy on whom he wants to have mercy, and he hardens whom he wants to harden.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 9:23
      What if he did this to make the riches of his glory known to the objects of his mercy, whom he prepared in advance for glory—

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 11:30
      Just as you who were at one time disobedient to God have now received mercy as a result of their disobedience,

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 11:31
      so they too have now become disobedient in order that they too may now receive mercy as a result of God's mercy to you.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 11:32
      For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 12:1
      [ Living Sacrifices ] Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 12:8
      if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Romans 15:9
      so that the Gentiles may glorify God for his mercy, as it is written: "Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to your name."

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Corinthians 7:25
      Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 2 Corinthians 4:1
      [ Treasures in Jars of Clay ] Therefore, since through God's mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Galatians 6:16
      Peace and mercy to all who follow this rule, even to the Israel of God.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Ephesians 2:4
      But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Philippians 2:27
      Indeed he was ill, and almost died. But God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Timothy 1:2
      To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Timothy 1:13
      Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Timothy 1:16
      But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 2 Timothy 1:2
      To Timothy, my dear son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 2 Timothy 1:16
      May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 2 Timothy 1:18
      May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Titus 3:5
      he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit,

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Hebrews 4:16
      Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Hebrews 10:28
      Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in James 2:13
      because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!

Spiritual Gift Mercy in James 3:17
      But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in James 5:11
      As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Peter 1:3
      [ Praise to God for a Living Hope ] Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 1 Peter 2:10
      Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in 2 John 1:3
      Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, will be with us in truth and love.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Jude 1:2
      Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Jude 1:21
     Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life.

Spiritual Gift Mercy in Jude 1:23
      snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.