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Have Mercy
August 21, 2007
Matt. 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
We all make mistakes, we all error. There are things we struggle with and there are even times when we just do the fool and fall short. This does not necessarily make us a bad person or even a sinner. As long as we can acknowledge our errors as errors, and ask God to forgive us, we can be reinstated back to the place where we were before the sin. We all sin and fall short. Anyone that pretends to never sin is a liar and they deceive themselves.
As Christians, we don't practice sin on the regular, but there are situations, struggles, issues, etc., that we are all trying to grow past. What's my point? Don't condemn people for errors! When you wipe your hands of people that make mistakes, you only cause yourself to be condemned when you make mistakes. You cannot pass severe judgments on people without those same judgments coming back on you.
Now, this is not to say that a person that is practicing sin, or harming the body of Christ with their actions should not be called out by those that have the authority, but it is to say that mistakes can and should be overlooked if the person has gotten it right with God.
There is going to come a time when you will need mercy. You will be in a situation where you will desire to be reinstated by God after you error. So, don't deny others the mercy that you will need. God desires to bring us all to heaven and has a place for us all in his Kingdom. God is not trying to put people in hell. So, why do we do that? We are not better than God and if God is merciful, we should desire to be. Now, we should call sin sin, and we should not turn our heads the other way when we see our brothers and sisters in error, but we should be merciful towards them and try to help them back to their rightful place in God.
If they don't hear you, that's another story. But if they will hear, acknowledge their error and repent, then we should be willing to help them move past it and give them direction for total deliverance and future avoidance. The mercy you give is the same mercy you shall have!
Sincerely,
Evangelist Pamela Thomas, Minister of Abuse
August 21, 2007
Matt. 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
We all make mistakes, we all error. There are things we struggle with and there are even times when we just do the fool and fall short. This does not necessarily make us a bad person or even a sinner. As long as we can acknowledge our errors as errors, and ask God to forgive us, we can be reinstated back to the place where we were before the sin. We all sin and fall short. Anyone that pretends to never sin is a liar and they deceive themselves.
As Christians, we don't practice sin on the regular, but there are situations, struggles, issues, etc., that we are all trying to grow past. What's my point? Don't condemn people for errors! When you wipe your hands of people that make mistakes, you only cause yourself to be condemned when you make mistakes. You cannot pass severe judgments on people without those same judgments coming back on you.
Now, this is not to say that a person that is practicing sin, or harming the body of Christ with their actions should not be called out by those that have the authority, but it is to say that mistakes can and should be overlooked if the person has gotten it right with God.
There is going to come a time when you will need mercy. You will be in a situation where you will desire to be reinstated by God after you error. So, don't deny others the mercy that you will need. God desires to bring us all to heaven and has a place for us all in his Kingdom. God is not trying to put people in hell. So, why do we do that? We are not better than God and if God is merciful, we should desire to be. Now, we should call sin sin, and we should not turn our heads the other way when we see our brothers and sisters in error, but we should be merciful towards them and try to help them back to their rightful place in God.
If they don't hear you, that's another story. But if they will hear, acknowledge their error and repent, then we should be willing to help them move past it and give them direction for total deliverance and future avoidance. The mercy you give is the same mercy you shall have!
Sincerely,
Evangelist Pamela Thomas, Minister of Abuse
