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James 5: The Lord is Compassionate and Merciful

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​ Preacher: Pastor Ray James 5:11 mentions Job and how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. When you think of Job, are the Lord’s compassion and mercy the first things that come to mind? Could the Lord have somebody else in mind (in addition to Job, of course)? The book of James helps us to answer this question.… Read more

Matt 5:1-12 – Relational Qualities of Being Meek and Merciful (pt 4 of 4)

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How can we be merciful? First, you have to see how much sin you have been pardoned by a Holy God. Second, you have to see that the same sins that you see in others are in you. Take for example a sin like sexual harassment. Let’s say the person guilty of sexual harassment is genuinely penitent, you have 2 reactions.… Read more

Matt 5:1-12 – Relational Qualities of Being Meek and Merciful (pt 3 of 4)

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The next relational blessing is related to meekness. v7– 7 Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. I think you can see how these 8 qualities are all connected. Christians ought to progress in all 8 of these areas simultaneously. If you are poor in spirit, if you understand how impoverished you are, if you are hungry and thirsty for righteousness, if you long to be right before God and you long for the world to be right and just and fair with the same consistency and intensity that you long for physical food and water, if you are pure in heart, if Christ is everything to you and you put all your eggs in one basket, if you are mourning over your sins… THEN, meekness and mercy will flow out from your life.… Read more

Matt 5:1-12 – Relational Qualities of Being Meek and Merciful (pt 1 of 4)

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Read Matthew 5:1-12. We are continuing on in the Beatitudes which kicks off Jesus’ first and arguably most famous sermon, the Sermon on the Mount, which spans chapters 5-7 of Matthew. The Beatitudes contain 8 statements of blessing. As Brother Daniel shared last week, you can translate blessed in this passage as happy.… Read more