The Necessity of Mercy and Truth
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Scriptures:
Proverbs 16:6 (KJV)
John 17:16-17
John 8:31-32
Romans 6:16-18
1 John 3:7-9
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
Romans 2:3-6
John 5:14
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Proverbs 16:6
King James Version
6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
John 17:16-17
New International Version
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.
John 17:16-17
New International Version
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by[a] the truth; your word is truth.
John 8:31-32
New International Version
Dispute Over Whose Children Jesus’ Opponents Are
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. 32 Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Romans 6:16-18
New International Version
16 Don’t you know that when you offer yourselves to someone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey—whether you are slaves to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience, which leads to righteousness? 17 But thanks be to God that, though you used to be slaves to sin, you have come to obey from your heart the pattern of teaching that has now claimed your allegiance. 18 You have been set free from sin and have become slaves to righteousness.
1 John 3:7-9
New International Version
7 Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. 8 The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work. 9 No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God.
2 Thessalonians 2:9-10
New International Version
9 The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with how Satan works. He will use all sorts of displays of power through signs and wonders that serve the lie, 10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Romans 2:3-6
New International Version
3 So when you, a mere human being, pass judgment on them and yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment? 4 Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?
5 But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of God’s wrath, when his righteous judgment will be revealed. 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a]
Romans 2:6 Psalm 62:12; Prov. 24:12
John 5:14
New International Version
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.”
Without truth, people don't change.
Without change, people don't grow.
Without growth, people will not be successful.
The longer you stay on the wrong train, the longer it takes and the more it costs to get home.
𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡:
1. Desire truth more than your own way.
2. Mercy opens the door to truth.
3. Jesus expects us to receive AND share truth.
*If you want to know truth, you gotta create space for people to give it to you!