Pastors Corner 15-3-2020

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Theme of the Year: A.D. 2020 Our Year of Divine All-Round Sufficiency. (2 Corinthians 3:5; 9:8)

Theme of the Month: Unlimited Mercy (Mathew 27:51; Hebrew 4:16)
Topic: The Sure Mercy of God (Lamentations 3:21-22) (Part 1)

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassion fails not.  they are new every morning:  great is Thy faithfulness."  Lamentations 3:21-22. The time or setting in which Jeremiah penned the words of this passage is immediately after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar and his powerful army. 

Jeremiah and a few other elderly people have been left behind.  Amazingly the prophet sings a song that extols the mercy of God even as he sits amongst the ashes of the holy city!  Here, as elsewhere in Scripture, divine mercy stands closely related to God's pity, compassion, tenderness, and lovingkindness.

If we review the occurrences of this word in the Bible, we see that mercy is an attribute of God. God is the Father of mercy and is rich in mercy. Most often, Scripture speaks of the mercy of God that He shows to His people who are in the midst of sin, misery, and woe. 

Then God's mercy is that powerful attribute according to which He both wills and accomplishes their deliverance out of that misery unto a state in which they are supremely blessed by knowing and partaking of the blessedness of God Himself. Understand well, mercy is not only a feeling that God has, but is also a power; in mercy He acts to accomplish the deliverance of His people and brings them into a situation of joy and comfort.

The mercy of God, as a precious gem, has many facets.  It is eternal and unlimited.  The mercy of God is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear Him, so that there never was a time when God did not burn with desire to deliver and bless His children!

The mercy of God is great! It is above the heavens; it is abundant.  How great that mercy must be when we consider the depths out of which it has taken us and the heights to which it has raised us. The mercy of God is sovereign and free.  Mercy does not come to man, or to a particular man, because of something he has done, but it is due only to God.

I refer you to Romans 9:9-15; after you have digested those verses, notice the conclusion:  "So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy." (verse 16)

The above means that the mercy of God is particular, just as love and grace are particular.  God is not merciful to every single individual, but only to those whom He has chosen unto faith, obedience, and salvation.

We are to pray to God every day, making confession, and making petition, on the basis of His mercy in Jesus Christ. By His mercy God hath chosen us, by His mercy He has redeemed us, by His mercy He hath begotten us again unto a lively hope!  Let all the people of God say so: His unlimited mercy endures forever! God bless you.

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