Who delights in mercy?
Micah 7:18, “who
is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the
remnant of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in mercy.”
In verse 19 we find these words, “...You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”
What do we learn from the above verses?
1.
God pardons iniquity and passes over
transgressions.
2.
He does not retain His anger forever.
3.
The reason He can pardon iniquity and pass over
transgressions is because “He delights in
mercy.”
4.
You can only obtain pardon if you are guilty.
5.
An innocent person does not need a pardon.
Romans 3:23 states, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”
The word all includes you and me!
Ezekiel 18:32, “For
I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies” says the Lord “Therefore turn
and live.”
Romans 6:23, “For
the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus
our Lord.”
A guilty person justly deserves whatever sentence is passed
on them. The Scriptures point out that all of us have sinned; therefore all of
us have the sentence of death upon us.
Now if God delights in mercy and has no pleasure in the
death of the wicked; there must be a means whereby He can show His mercy to us.
The answer lies in the latter part of Romans 6:23, “...The gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.”
God clearly and irrevocably showed His mercy at Calvary. God’s
Son, the Lord Jesus Christ paid the penalty of our sins on a cross at Calvary.
He died that you and I could have eternal life.
God wants all people, everywhere to turn from their sinful
life and live. He wants us all to have eternal life. Yet many people don’t want
to give up their ungodly lives, preferring to forget about God and His offer of
mercy. They don’t want the Son of God to be their Saviour.
Revelation 20:11-15 these verses give us the final end for those
who die in their sins. It is a solemn scene.
(11) “Then I saw a
great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the
heavens fled away. And there was found no place for them.”
(12) “And I saw the
dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another
book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according
to their works, by the things which were written in the books.”
(13) “The sea
gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who
were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works.”
(14) “Then death and Hades were cast into the
lake of fire. This is the second death.”
(15) “And anyone not found written in
the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”
Is your name in the Book of Life? That is the ultimate
mercy.
Jon Peasey
[All Scriptures quoted are from the New King James version]
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