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Adapted from

What the Bible Teaches about Mercy

by Rex B. Andrews

Part I: What is Mercy?


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Chapter 1: What is Mercy?

The Old Testament (Covenant) of the Bible

was originally written in Hebrew

The main Hebrew word translated mercy

in the Old Covenant is HHESED

Hhesed is translated into English by three

main synonyms:

Mercy

Lovingkindness

Kindness


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Chapter 1: What is Mercy? (cont.)

NKJ Psalm 25:10 All the paths of the

LORD are mercy and truth, To such as keep

His covenant and His testimonies.

The word mercy used here is the Hebrew

word hhesed


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NKJ Psalm 17:7 Show Your marvelous

lovingkindness by Your right hand, O Youwho save those who trust in You From

those who rise up against them.

The word lovingkindness used here is the

Hebrew word hhesed



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NKJ Psalm 31:21 Blessed be the LORD,

For He has shown me His marvelouskindness in a strong city!

The word kindness used here is the

Hebrew word hhesed



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Hhesed - the eager and ardent desire by

which one is led to do good

It describes a mercy In God which is not

merely a legal whim of a despotic ruler

It describes a personal desire, strong desire,

to do the good which is in itself a

lovingkindness

Not just a good turn for someone forpersonal reasons, such as trading favors



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Without the word mercy-lovingkindness

(hhesed) the Bible is a dead book withoutthe revelation of God at all

Without the word mercy-lovingkindness

there is:no Bible

no salvation

no Savior

no Kingdom of God

no eternal life - nothing!



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Mercy is Gods supply system for every

need everywhere

Mercy is that kindness, compassion, and

tenderness, which is a passion to suffer

with, or participate in, anothers ills or evilsin order to relieve, heal, and restore

It accepts another freely and gladly AS they

are and supplies the needed good of life tobuild up and to bring to and keep in peace



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It is to take another into ones heart JUST

AS THE ARE and cherish and nourish there

Mercy takes anothers sins, evils, and faults

as its own, and frees the other by bearing

them to God

This is the Glow-of-love

This is the ANOINTING

This is the POWER of God



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This mercy is to be lived-unto-God by us,

and unto Him alone for it flows from Himand returns to Him

We are to do Gods mercy for God, seeking

nothing in return - only to give

By not seeking gain or honor we are not

subject to the judgments of hurt, angry,

resentful, or envious people We are truly free!



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NKJ Psalm 119:64 The earth, O LORD, is

full of Your mercy; Teach me Your statutes.

That which fills and completes the Earth, so

that it is full like God intended, is Mercy!

Gods purpose for Earth was, and is, an

immersion in the heavenly element of

Mercy

Not sin which brought force, wrath,corruption, suffering, pain and death



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Chapter 2: What is Mercy?

NKJ Psalm 119:41 Let Your mercies come

also to me, O LORD -- Your salvationaccording to Your word.

Thy mercies = Thy salvation

By His Word God has made known His will

to give salvation, and that salvation is of His

Mercies

To say salvation is to say mercy


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NKJ Psalm 119:88 Revive me according to

Your lovingkindness, So that I may keepthe testimony of Your mouth.

Revive me means - cause me to live!

Cause me to live according to your

lovingkindness (hhesed or mercy)

The word keep in the Hebrew is the

shepherds word for watch, keep, guard


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NKJ Ezekiel 36:27 "I will put My Spirit

within you and cause you to walk in Mystatutes, and you will keep My judgments

and do them.

Being made alive by the Holy Spirit - theSpirit of Mercy - is the only way we can

keep the testimony of God and of Jesus

Christ, truly and acceptably before Him This is a promise of our New Covenant



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NKJ Psalm 119:76 Let, I pray, Your

merciful kindness be for my comfort,According to Your word to Your servant.

It is truly Gods merciful kindness (hhesed

or mercy) that fills all the need of comfort

NKJ 2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God

and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the

Father of mercies and God of all comfort,



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NKJ Psalm 119:77 Let Your tender mercies

come to me, that I may live; For Your law ismy delight.

The word for tender mercies in Hebrew is

rahhamim which means compassions

It is a great inward tenderness of love that

moves the soul - a passion to comfort

The law is a delight for those thatunderstand that it is all about mercy



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NKJ Psalm 119:124 Deal with Your servant

according to Your mercy, And teach meYour statutes.

Do with me - or make with me - your

bondslave, according to your mercy

Mercy is what opens the understanding to

the amazing knowledge of God

Without our eyes full of His mercy we willnever understand the Bible or God



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NKJ Psalm 119:149 Hear my voice

according to Your lovingkindness; OLORD, revive me according to Your

justice.

Judgment is the dividing of the evil fromthe good, the false from the true

Gods judgment is for us, delivering us,

upholding, sustaining, and supplying everyneed by His mercy



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We have been fearful of Gods judgment

because of a lack of understanding of mercy

If we do His mercy then we will understand

that His judgment is for us, in our favor

against the adversary Realize that God hears our voice according

to His mercy, His lovingkindness

The Psalmist cries out Flood me with lifeaccording to Thy Justice!



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NKJ Psalm 119:159 Consider how I love

Your precepts; Revive me, O LORD,according to Your lovingkindness.

Precepts are instructions and charges that

are pressed upon us to bring life Consider how I love to do things the way

You want them (mercifully), and the way

you do them (mercifully), and Flood mewith life according to your mercy!



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NKJ Psalm 117:1 Praise the LORD, all you

Gentiles! Laud Him, all you peoples! 2 ForHis merciful kindness is great toward us,

And the truth of the LORD endures forever.

Praise the LORD! All peoples, and all nations, are enjoined to

praise the Eternal Being because His mercy

is great towards us, and His truth is forever The truth of God is His mercy!



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Mercy in the Old Covenant is the acting, the

doing, of the God who in the New Covenantis unveiled in Christ Jesus as Love

Just as in the New Covenant the truth of the

Eternal Father-Being is that He is love, evenso in the Old Covenant behind the veil the

truth of Him was made known that He is

mercy Mercy is love in action or lovingkindness



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The word praise is from the Hebrew word

halal (haw-lal) our beautiful universalpraising word hallelujah

The root signifies to be clear, to be brilliant

It refers to a clear sharp sound or tone andcan also be applied to the brilliance of light

Thus, to sing forth praises in rejoicing

Hallelu - jah = Praise Him who is Jehovah

Jehovah is the Eternal Fountain of Being

To us He is the Eternal Father Being!


h h i ( )


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The word laud comes from a Hebrew root

meaning to praise with soothing words

It means to give God the glory, all the glory,

as being the glorious one

In so doing the soother is soothed, thepraiser is exalted


Ch 2 h i ? ( )


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The word for indicates the reason why we

should so praise God

For His merciful kindness (hhesed or

mercy) is great toward us

The word great carries the idea of greatstrength, a strong one prevailing

The word toward is better understood as

upon

Because mightily upon us is His mercy


Ch 2 Wh i M ? ( )


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The truth of the Lord

The word truth in the original Hebrew has

these related ideas:

stability

perpetuity

faithfulness

uprightness

integritytruth as opposed to falsehood

Today we would say, unchanging-

faithfulness-and-truth


Ch 2 Wh i M ? ( )


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The Bible teaches that a great distinction of

God, the Eternal Being, the Creator, is thatHis mercy is unchangingly true and faithful

to all who will live in it

His truth is forever - endless - the greateternal Constant

His truth is the great unchangeable

It is opposite to all evil, oppression,falseness, destruction, and corruption


Ch 2 Wh i M ? ( )


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Putting all of that together we have:

With bright clear sounds of rejoicing, praise

the Eternal Being, all nations! Glorify Him

with all praises all peoples! Because

mightily prevailing upon us is His mercy;and the unchanging faithfulness of His truth

is forever - endless! Halelu-jah


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Prayer

O Lord, I see it, the fullness of the Earth is

Thy Mercy. Teach me, O teach me , that I maylearn this great section of thy law-laid-down,

thy statues. Amen

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