Mercy; Mercy; Mercy

Psalm 107:1 "Oh give thanks unto the Lord,for he is good:for His mercy endureth forever"
The work of God's mercy is to raise us up to live with Christ. Scripture plainly declares that God has raised  up believers together with Christ. How is this possible when Christ was crucified and raised up thousands of years ago? God raised Jesus for three reasons; Jesus lived a sinless perfect life. God loved man and wanted to save man, but he had a problem, man had already sinned. Righteousness and perfection had already been lost, and only perfection can live in the presence of God. However, there was hope. If a man could live a perfect and ideal life, that man could secure perfection, and the Ideal righteousness, and that man could stand for and cover all who trusted in him. This is what Jesus did.

Jesus was the ideal and perfect man. He was the sacrificial lamb without spot or blemish who could die for the sins of mankind. Jesus died for man, he accepted for us the wage paid by sin. He bore man's penalty and punishment for the sins we were guilty. He who knew no sin was made sin that we who knew no righteousness could be made righteous. God then raised Jesus from the dead, His resurrection stands for all who believes, all who by faith, believes and is baptized, can be saved by the grace of God and the goodness of his mercy.

Hope can come to sinners: God says I have mercy upon them. Mercy abides in the heart of God even after the hope of it has left the heart of man.God's mercy is coming, and it has come to all who will accept it. Jesus is the mercy of God given to all who will believe and receive it....