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Jul 11, 2024 · A brief biblical definition of mercy is “the gift of God’s undeserved kindness and compassion.” On a human level, mercy is the benevolent or compassionate treatment of someone suffering or in need. Mercy is an attitude that moves us to act on behalf of the unfortunate.
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Finally, the Bible teaches that grace is completely...
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The Hebrew and Greek words translated “compassion” in the...
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(32) It was meet that we should make merry. —The Greek expresses moral necessity rather than mere fitness. “We must needs rejoice;” it could not be otherwise.
(yoo-frah'-ee-no) Short Definition: I cheer, am glad, make merry... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2165.htm - 8k. 2167. euphrosune -- gladness... faith (cf. Phil 2:2-5 with 1 Jn 4:17). 2167 ("a merry outlook") brings Spirit-defined as we with a inner sense triumph. The believer ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2167.htm - 7k. 2431. hilaros ...
- The Israelites in The Desert
- King David
- Paul
- The Adulterous Woman
“If only we had died by the Lord’s hand in Egypt! There we sat around pots of meat and ate all the food we wanted, but you have brought us out into this desert to starve this entire assembly to death.” (Exodus 16:3 NIV) God certainly chose to be merciful to His people; He loved them despite their rebellion and ungratefulness. God’s covenant with th...
“Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love.” (Psalm 51:1NIV) David, a man after God’s own heart, slayer of the giant Goliath and chosen king, committed adultery with someone else’s wife and then had her husband killed in battle (2 Samuel 11-12). Sin has the power to overtake even the most arduous followers of Christ. Consequences wi...
“While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, ‘Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. Then he fell on his knees and cried out, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them.’ … And Saul was there, giving approval to his death.” (Acts 7:59-8:1 NIV) Paul, formerly Saul, supported the crusade against Christianity. He was responsible for the death of Christians. Th...
“Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with His finger … But let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” (John 8:6-8NIV) We don’t know what he was writing in the dust, but Jesus’ mercy spoke loud enough for all to hear and be convicted. The men scattered, and to the woman Jesus said, “’Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of the...
Jan 6, 2022 · Joy is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22). If we are always filled with the Spirit, and the Spirit causes us to rejoice, then it follows that we will rejoice always. We can rejoice always because of God’s salvation. No one and nothing can take our salvation away (see Romans 8:37–39).
Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun.
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Nov 21, 2023 · To “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die”—to live life for pleasure’s sake alone—goes against the biblical mindset to “count yourselves dead to sin but alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 6:11).
