JOURNAL-MERCY NOT JUDGMENT

JOURNAL=MERCY-NOT JUDGMENT




“Looking around at them with anger and grieved AT THEIR HARDNESS OF HEARTS-he said to the man-'STRETCH OUT your hand'-he stretched it out and his hand was RESTORED” Mark 3:5




JESUS was often at odds with the Pharisees-who believed that their were 613 religious decrees that every Jew should follow-THEY BECAME ANGRY when Jesus healed the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath day-Jesus explained to them that good deeds TAKE PRECEDENCE over strict observance of Sabbath REST


SOMETIMES we have to act with MERCY-just as Jesus did-even IF it means ignoring some tradition
SOMETIMES we must ask ourselves IF we are rejecting the law or fulfilling the law
Jesus was the FULFILLMENT of the law as he was PERFECT LOVE-and WHEN we act in genuine MERCY toward somebody else out of LOVE-we are attempting to act as Jesus would


it is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S LOVE for us and a great day to show someone MERCY








WITNESS




5-8-13




JULY 19^th, 2012




MERCY NOT JUDGMENT




Who
Who are you
Who am I
To be passing judgment on someone else
In today’s world


Give mercy
Give compassion
Give someone a free pass
Give someone love
God’s love


Look at the story of Daniel
Did you know
That the name Daniel means
“God is my judge”


Daniel goes public
He confesses his sin
And the sins of God’s people


How can Daniel
Be so sure
God will forgive him
Forgive them


Because Daniel knows
That he has the history of God
On his side


Daniel knows
That our God
Is a God of love and compassion
He has rescued his people
Over and over again


God saved
Daniel’s 3 friends
From the blazing furnace
God saved Daniel himself
From the lion’s den


And in Luke 7
We find Jesus saying,
“Do not judge
Or you too will be judged
For in the same way
That you judge others
You will be judged
And with the measure you use
It will
Be measured against you”


Take Daniel as your model
Give mercy---give love


Take Jesus
As your model
And as your God


Because giving someone else mercy
And not judgment
Is God’s way


Give someone love
Give someone a free pass
And do it TODAY


Robert P. Wallman
3-22-11




WITNESS 5-8-13


Ps “It does not therefore depend on man’s desire or effort
But on God’s MERCY” Romans 9:16


“Blessed are the merciful
For they will be shown MERCY” Matthew 5:7


“Because judgment without mercy
Will be shown to anyone who has NOT been merciful
MERCY triumphs over judgment!” James 2:13




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