“So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” James 2:12-13 (ESV)
Grace is getting what we do not deserve. We do not deserve God’s love. We do not deserve God’s gift of eternal life. We do not deserve our new identity in Christ. We do not deserve having our names written in the Lamb’s Book of Life. Yet, God graced us with these and many other spiritual realities.
Mercy is not getting what we do deserve. Because of our sin, we deserve separation, punishment, and alienation. Because of our sin, we deserve eternal damnation. Because of our sin, we deserve total isolation from God’s abiding Presence. Yet, God extends His mercy to us and does not give us what we deserve. Instead, God has blesses us, redeems us, includes us, seals us, and lavishes us with His love.
Because of God’s mercy, we have a song to sing and a message to declare. As recipients of God’s mercy, we have been given a clean canvas upon which we join God in His redemptive activity.
May God’s merciful treatment of us radically transform our conversation and our conduct! May our words and our walk exhibit mercy to others as God has exhibited to us!
- “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.”
Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
Viewing others from God’s perspective will produce the fragrance of mercy in our lives. May that aroma bring others closer to the love of God that we have found in Christ!
Drawing Near,
Stephen Trammell
Lead Pastor
Follow me on twitter at: http://twitter.com/stephentrammell
30 replies on “The Fragrance of Mercy”
lasuna cost – cheap himcolin without prescription himcolin for sale online
buy besivance eye drops – besifloxacin where to buy sildamax cheap
order neurontin 600mg online cheap – order neurontin 100mg online cheap order sulfasalazine 500mg pills
buy benemid 500 mg online cheap – buy cheap benemid buy tegretol sale
colospa cheap – buy pletal 100 mg without prescription order generic pletal
celecoxib online order – celebrex oral buy indocin 50mg generic
order cambia without prescription – brand voltaren 100mg aspirin where to buy
buy rumalaya without a prescription – cheap amitriptyline 50mg buy amitriptyline no prescription
purchase pyridostigmine pills – mestinon where to buy order imuran generic
where can i buy voveran – voveran where to buy cheap nimodipine pill
order lioresal – baclofen pill purchase piroxicam pills
order cyproheptadine 4mg – buy cyproheptadine no prescription buy cheap zanaflex
buy trihexyphenidyl without a prescription – buy generic artane emulgel where to order
buy cefdinir without a prescription – clindamycin generic
isotretinoin 10mg without prescription – deltasone 20mg generic order deltasone 40mg pill
deltasone online order – purchase permethrin generic buy generic zovirax over the counter
buy acticin for sale – benzoyl peroxide order online tretinoin price
buy betamethasone 20 gm for sale – betnovate 20 gm over the counter oral monobenzone
order metronidazole 400mg online – order cenforce sale cheap cenforce
amoxiclav sale – order augmentin 375mg generic levothroid brand
cleocin online buy – order cleocin 150mg pill purchase indomethacin capsule
buy cheap hyzaar – hyzaar drug buy generic cephalexin over the counter
purchase crotamiton online cheap – bactroban ointment over the counter order aczone online cheap
purchase provigil for sale – order generic melatonin 3 mg buy melatonin 3 mg online
bupropion 150 mg tablet – zyban for sale cheap shuddha guggulu sale
buy generic prometrium – buy generic ponstel online clomiphene buy online
brand xeloda 500 mg – buy naproxen 250mg pill cheap danazol 100mg
buy norethindrone without prescription – yasmin order yasmin sale
order alendronate pills – where to buy fosamax without a prescription cheap provera 5mg
dostinex 0.5mg uk – cabgolin cost order alesse