Mercy

One of the purposes of Me coming to earth was so that the Father could take out His justice on Me and your sin, and yet at the same time extend you mercy. To be merciful is to extend compassion and favour to a person that might not be deserving of such actions according to man's standards. To let a person get away with sin, to excuse a person and forgive them, when you could judge them, condemn them and not forgive them is an act of mercy. And that is how I want you to behave.

On earth when I walked, people mocked Me all the time. Many people were rude to Me, especially in My home town. I acted with grace, healed the sick, taught those that wanted to be taught and forgave every offence that was given to Me. My life was poured out as Paul would put it, as a drink offering. My death on the cross, was facilitated so that God, My Father could show you mercy. It wasn't just at the cross I showed people mercy, it was every day in the heat of the day, that I gave of Myself and healed the sick and fed the hungry. You may think I just turned bread loaves into basketfuls for the 4000 and the 5000 men, but multiplication happened so often in my ministry that they were the only accounts the Gospel writers cared to mention. I had compassion on all men and women, I showed people My love and acted favourably toward all men.

Why should you only treat people nice that treat you well. Don't people who have been showed little love, who have deep wounds and act out deserve your mercy too? Shouldn't all people, no matter what they believe be able to access My love through you? Should you only be nice to those that you feel deserve it, or should you be twice as nice to those peoples lives that are a little rough around the edges? When I called you to be My disciple, I called you to a life of love and dedication and that includes showing mercy to people.