Goodwill; benevolent regard.
(The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America)
Instances of forbearance or forgiveness
A great many are struck with confusion when the topic turns to “mercy” and “favor.”
There is a simple way to distinguish between FAVOR and MERCY–particularly when referring to God and His treatment of man.
FAVOR usually involves some merit–however small–on the part of the one who is favored.
MERCY involves NO merit on the part of the one upon whom mercy is shown.
When God shows a person MERCY, He does so SOLELY at His pleasure, NOT because the person did anything to “earn” God’s favor.
“For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.”
–Romans 9:15-16
Man does NOT do ANYTHING to “earn” God’s MERCY: God’s mercy is dispensed as however it pleases God.
IN FACT, at one time, “mercy” was defined–particularly in the churches–as “unmerited favor.”
The one SMALL group who have no problems with the concepts of “mercy” and “favor” are those who have been born again.
IF NOT FOR the MERCY of God–God’s unmerited, undeserved, unlooked-for favor–this small group would STILL be ignorant pagans.
Those who have experienced the transformation KNOW they are the recipients of God’s MERCY (grace).
Otherwise, they would still be ignorant heathens.
And well deserving of God’s wrath.
“For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ”
–1THESSALONIANS 5:9
DOES the reader have ANY confusion about MERCY and FAVOR?
DOES the reader understand that God’s MERCY is showered upon the otherwise-undeserving?
It is not YET too late: there is still time to change direction (repent), place your faith (hope) for the future entirely on Jesus Christ and enter the kingdom of heaven.
DOES the reader believe he is saved?
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DOES the reader believe he is NOT saved?
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THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST
“Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:
And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. ”
–1 Corinthians 15:1-8
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.”
-–Romans 1:16
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