Blessed are the Merciful

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Sermon on the Mount: The Merciful
Matthew 5:7

Review and Introduction: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. “Those words like the stairs of Solomon's Temple, cause our ascent to the holy of holies. We are now mounting up a step higher.” Thomas Watson

I. The Definition and Significance of Mercy
A. Some common misconceptions considered
B.Mercy generally defined
1.Compassion in action, the “Good Samaritan”
2.Implies forgiveness, i.e. Joseph in Gen. 45
C.The Significance of Mercy
1.God is merciful
Some vital considerations:
2.Mercy is God's desire to make a people dead in sins, alive again in Christ Jesus
3.God's mercy is always “effectually applied”
Lesson: 1.Mercy is essentially spiritual 2.God's mercy actually delivers
Observations: 1. Mercy is not the same as easy tolerance
2. Mercy is an expression of true love
3. Mercy is concerned first with the issue of man's misery in and on account of sin…
4. Mercy applies the Gospel

II. The Source and Objects of Mercy Discovered
A. Mercy's Source

1. Real mercy is not found in natural unregenerate man
2. There is the Devil's wicked influence
3. The source of mercy is a “regenerated heart”
   It proceeds from a work of grace

Lesson:
B. The Objects of Mercy

1. Christians are merciful to one-another
2. Christians are merciful to unbelievers

III. The Promise of Mercy Received
A. On the Day of Judgment
B. In the present day
C. The certainty of Mercy Received
Application: