A continuation of a study of attributes of God.

1. ATTRIBUTES OF GOD
LESSON 8
THE MERCY OF GOD

2. What do these acts have in common?
They are acts of mercy.

3. The greatest act of mercy

4. Psalm 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and plenteous in
mercy.
Last time, we talked about GOD’s wrath

5. Psalm 103:8
The LORD is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger, and plenteous in
mercy.
Today, we will talk about GOD’s mercy

6. Spiritually, GOD’s mercy and GOD’s grace
are often confused
Grace
GOD giving us what we do not deserve
Mercy
GOD not giving us what we deserve

7. What do we deserve?

8. Three aspects of GOD’s attribute of mercy
1. Mercy (Sparing someone from punishment)
2. Mercy: Merciful (Showing compassion)
3. Mercy: Mercies (Acts of lovingkindness)
We may often think of mercy in the context of
No.1, but there is much more to mercy than that.

9. Three aspects of GOD’s attribute of mercy
1. Mercy (Sparing someone from punishment)
2. Mercy: Merciful (Showing compassion)
3. Mercy: Mercies (Acts of lovingkindness)

10. Adam sinned
Romans 5:12
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the
world, and death by sin; and so death passed
upon all men, for that all have sinned.

11. And now we are ALL sinners
Psalm 51:5
Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did
my mother conceive me.

12. Mercy requires Justice
Numbers 14:18
The Lord is long-suffering and of great mercy
forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no
means clearing the guilty.
Just because GOD has great mercy does not
mean we can do what we want

13. There must be truth
Proverbs 16:6
By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by
the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

14. There must be punishment
Psalm 9:17
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the
nations that forget God.

15. To show mercy there must be justice
Exodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity
and transgression and sin, and that will by no
means clear the guilty.

16. GOD is angry with the wicked every day
Psalm 7:11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is
angry with the wicked every day.
And we are all wicked… (Romans 3:10,23)
We all deserve death (Romans 6:23) and eternal
judgment in the lake of fire (Revelation 20:12-15).

17. Romans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of
men …

18. Two Vessels
Romans 9:22-23
22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath,
and to make his power known, endured
with much longsuffering the vessels of
wrath fitted to destruction:
23 And that he might make known the
riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto
glory …

19. Ephesians 2:3
Among whom also we all had our conversation
in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling
the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and
were by nature the children of wrath, even as
others.

20. Paul wrote...

21. Isaiah 5:25
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his
hand is stretched out still.

22. GOD loved the world enough to extend
His mercy
Christ took our punishment so GOD could extend mercy to us
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him
should not perish, but have everlasting life.

23. GOD’s Mercy and Love go hand-in-hand
Ephesians 2:4
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love
wherewith he loved us,

24. We deserve eternal punishment for
our SIN
But GOD’s mercy offers us salvation

25. The love of GOD faced the holiness of GOD
GOD’s love made a way to appease the wrath of GOD
Love provided a way to pay the price for our offense
against GOD’s holiness.

26. The Cross of Christ reconciled the holiness
of GOD with the love of GOD
The price of sin was paid by love!
Now, GOD’s mercy can be extended to us...

27. Isaiah 5:25
For all this his anger is not turned away, but his
hand is stretched out still.
People no longer
have to die under
GOD’s condemnation
and wrath, because
GOD made a way.

28. So, Christ is called the wisdom of GOD
1 Corinthians 1:24
But unto them which are called, both Jews and
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom
of God.
So Christ can say He is the way, the truth, and
the life

29. It’s GOD’s mercy that quickens the dead
Ephesians 2:4-5
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for
his great love wherewith he loved
us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins,
hath quickened us together with
Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

30. It’s GOD’s mercy that regenerated us
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant
mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively
hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from
the dead

31. It’s GOD’s mercy that saves
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to His mercy He saved us,
through the washing of regeneration and
renewing of the Holy Spirit.

32. Repentance before mercy
Luke 13:3
I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye
shall all likewise perish.
But, there must be an acknowledgment of the need
for GOD’s mercy.

33. There must be acknowledgement of sin
against GOD
Psalm 41:4
I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul;
for I have sinned against thee.

34. The Pharisee and the Publican
Luke 18:13
And the publican, standing afar off,
would not lift up so much as his
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon
his breast, saying, God be merciful
to me a sinner.
I have sinned against GOD and I need
HIS mercy

35. Proverbs 28:13
He that covereth his
sins shall not prosper:
but whoso confesseth
and forsaketh them
shall have mercy.

36. GOD’s Mercy cannot be earned
Titus 3:5
Not by works of righteousness which we have
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the
Holy Ghost;

37. GOD’s Mercy is GOD’s Choice
Exodus 33:19
...and will show mercy on whom I will show
mercy

38. GOD’s Sovereign Mercy
Romans 9:15
15 For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have
mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have
compassion.
16 So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth,
but of God that sheweth mercy.

39. We deserve GOD’s wrath...
Psalm 136:1
O give thanks unto the Lord: for He is good, for His
mercy endureth forever
We will give thanks forever in heaven, because
every believer will be there forever.

41. Three aspects of GOD’s attribute of mercy
1. Mercy (Sparing someone from punishment)
2. Mercy: Merciful (Showing compassion)
3. Mercy: Mercies (Acts of lovingkindness)

42. Merciful [defined]
• Compassionate
• Tender
• Unwilling to give pain
• Not cruel
http://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/merciful

43. Psalm116:5
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; yea, our
God is merciful.

44. Mercy is a noun, being merciful is an action
Deuteronomy 4:31
(For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget
the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto
them.

45. Christ, our compassionate High Priest
Hebrews 2:17
Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto
his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high
priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for
the sins of the people.
Hebrews 4:15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feeling of our infirmities

46. Hebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace
to help in time of need.

47. Psalm 86:3
Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee
daily.

48. GOD shows himself merciful to the merciful
2 Samuel 22:6
With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself
merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt
shew thyself upright.

49. Being merciful is inherent in the kingdom
of GOD
Matthew 5:7
Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain
mercy.

50. Believers are to reflect this attribute of GOD
Luke 6:36
Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father also is
merciful.

51. Matthew 25:35-36
35 I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was
thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger,
and ye took me in:
36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye
visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Acts of Mercy

52. Matthew 25:40
Inasmuch as ye have done it
unto one of the least of these
my brethren, ye have done it
unto me.
What about the poor among the brethren?

53. Merciful to Enemies
Luke 6:35-36
35 But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend,
hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great,
and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind
unto the unthankful and to the evil.
36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

54. The Merciful Samaritan
Luke 10:33-34
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.

55. Being merciful is good for the soul
Proverbs 11:17
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul:
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

56. The Unforgiving Servant
Matthew 18:23-35
26 The servant therefore fell down, and
worshipped him, saying, Lord, have
patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
27 Then the lord of that servant was
moved with compassion, and loosed
him, and forgave him the debt.

57. Matthew 18:23-35
28 But the same servant went out, and found
one of his fellowservants, which owed him an
hundred pence: and he laid hands on him,
and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me
that thou owest.
29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet,
and besought him, saying, Have patience with
me, and I will pay thee all.
30 And he would not: but went and cast him
into prison, till he should pay the debt.

58. Matthew 18:23-35
32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him,
O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because
thou desiredst me:
33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the
tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
Being merciful is much better than not being.

60. Three aspects of GOD’s attribute of mercy
1. Mercy (Sparing someone from punishment)
2. Mercy: Merciful (Showing compassion)
3. Mercy: Mercies (Acts of lovingkindness)

61. GOD’s tender mercies in the world
Psalm 145:9
The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies
are over all his works.

62. We can hope in GOD’s mercies
1 Chronicles 21:13
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let
me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very
great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the
hand of man.

63. Lamentations 3:32
But though he cause grief, yet will he have
compassion according to the multitude of his
mercies.

64. Mercy equated with compassion and healing
Matthew 20:29-34
30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they
heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O
Lord, thou son of David.
32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that
I shall do unto you?
33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes

65. GOD’s mercy in healing
Philippians 2:27
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but
God had mercy on him; and not on him only,
but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon
sorrow.

66. 2 Corinthians 1:3
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God
of all comfort;

67. We have mercies upon mercies that we are
not even aware of
Lamentations 3:22-23
22 It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not
consumed, because his compassions fail not.
23 They are new every morning: great is thy
faithfulness.

68. As believers, we have reason to sing...
Psalm 89:1
I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever…
GOD has revealed his mercies to us: in
salvation, in everyday life, through learning His
word (this is what the world needs to hear)

69. Mercy is also a spiritual gift
Romans 12:8
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that
giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that
ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,
with cheerfulness.
Here, it is an action; thus, becoming acts of mercy

70. Examples of Mercies
1. Not running over people crossing the street
without looking.
2. Not making your child cry when you could.
3. Not harming or mistreating your dog:
Considering its life.

71. Examples of Mercies
1. Telling a brother or sister that is suffering, you
are praying for them.
2. Speaking kind words to someone when they
deserve bad words.
3. Not rubbing it in even when you could.
How about you? Any examples?

73. Three aspects of GOD’s attribute of mercy
1. Mercy (Sparing someone from punishment)
2. Mercy: Merciful (Showing compassion)
3. Mercy: Mercies (Acts of lovingkindness)

74. What does GOD’s mercy
mean for us today?
How can we respond to
GOD’s mercy?

75. Psalm 6:4
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for
thy mercies' sake.
It’s GOD’s glory, not our merit that we
get any good thing

76. Ministry of GOD’s Mercy
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we
have received mercy, we faint not;

77. Bowels of Mercies
Colossians 3:12
Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved,
bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind,
meekness, longsuffering;
bowels of mercies : a heart of pity
In ancient times, the intestines were where one felt
emotions

78. Giving/Doing Alms
Matthew 6:3
But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand
know what thy right hand doeth
alms: helping the
poor; showing mercy
to the poor
See also: Proverbs 14:31, 19:17,
21:13, 22:9, 29:7; John 12:6,
Galatians 2:10

79. Mercy over Ritual
Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God
rather than burnt offerings.
Matthew 9:13
But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and
not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance.

80. Absence of Mercy
The absence of mercy is a sign of unbelief and
rejection of GOD.
Romans 1:31
Without understanding,
covenantbreakers, without natural
affection, implacable, unmerciful:

81. QUIZ TIME
NO QUIZ TODAY!
But, what could we . . . do we do as a church to
show mercy to those within the church and to
those outside the church?
(“I will have mercy, and not sacrifice” Matthew 9:13)

82. END of LESSON 8
NEXT:
Lesson 9
The GRACE of GOD
The MERCY of GOD