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    Jonathan Edwards
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    Mark 7:24-37, Genesis 32:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 1 John 5:14-15
    It is very apparent from the Word of God that He often tries the faith and patience of His people, when they are crying to Him for some great and important mercy, by withholding the mercy sought for a...

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    Charles Wesley
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    Psalm 86:5, Isaiah 55:7, Lamentations 3:22-23, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 Timothy 1:15-16, Micah 7:18
    Depth of mercy! Can there be Mercy still reserved for me?

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    Richard Baxter
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    Psalm 103:2-3, Luke 7:47, Matthew 18:27, Luke 17:15-16, 1 Timothy 1:15-16
    Special mercy arouses more gratitude than universal mercy.

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    Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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    Psalm 103:11, Psalm 36:5, Isaiah 55:9, Ephesians 2:4-5, Romans 5:20
    God's mercy is so great that you may sooner drain the sea of its water, or deprive the sun of its light, or make space too narrow, than diminish the great mercy of God.

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    C. S. Lewis
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    Micah 6:8, Matthew 5:7, James 2:13, Psalm 85:10, Zechariah 7:9, Proverbs 21:21, Luke 6:36
    Mercy, detached from Justice, grows unmerciful.

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    Bryan Stevenson
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    Psalm 34:18, Isaiah 57:15, Matthew 5:3, Matthew 5:7, 2 Corinthians 12:9, James 4:6, Micah 7:18
    There is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need and desire for mercy, and perhaps a corresponding need to show mercy. When you experienc...

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    Abraham Lincoln
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    Matthew 9:13, Matthew 12:7, Luke 6:36-37, Romans 9:15, Ephesians 2:4-5, Titus 3:5
    I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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    John Chrysostom
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    Ephesians 2:8-9, Titus 3:5, Romans 3:23-24, Luke 18:13-14, Psalm 51:1, James 2:13, 1 Peter 1:3
    Even if we stand at the very summit of virtue, it is by mercy that we shall be saved.

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    Thomas Watson
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    Psalm 86:15, Nehemiah 9:17, Micah 7:18-19, Isaiah 55:7, Exodus 34:6-7
    God is more willing to pardon than to punish. Mercy does more multiply in Him than sin in us. Mercy is His nature.

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    David Dickson
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    Psalm 103:11-12, Lamentations 3:22-23, Ephesians 2:4-5, Psalm 36:5-6, Romans 5:20-21, Isaiah 55:7-9, Micah 7:18-19
    Our mind cannot find a comparison too large for expressing the superabundant mercy of the Lord toward his people.

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    John Stott
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    Matthew 6:14-15, James 2:13, Micah 6:8, Luke 6:36-37, Ephesians 4:32, Colossians 3:12-13
    If I withhold mercy, I have lost touch with the gospel. I have lost touch with God’s undeserved kindness and pardon.

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    Woodrow Kroll
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    Romans 3:23-24, Ephesians 2:4-5, Titus 3:5, Luke 18:13-14, James 2:13, Micah 7:18
    Justice is for those who deserve it; mercy is for those who don't.

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    John of Kronstadt
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    1 Peter 4:8-10, Romans 12:13, James 1:27, Proverbs 11:25, Matthew 5:7, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Luke 6:36
    Your Lord is a God of mercy and bountifulness: be a source of mercy and bountifulness to your neighbors. If you will be such, you will find salvation yourself with everlasting glory.

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    Alexandre Dumas
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    Psalm 103:13, Isaiah 30:18, Lamentations 3:22-23, Lamentations 3:22-23, Luke 15:20, Ephesians 2:4-5, 1 John 3:1
    God is full of mercy for everyone, as He has been towards you. He is a father before He is a judge.

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    Lysa TerKeurst
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    Brokenness to redemption, where mercy and grace kiss both sides of our face. Brokenness where we are split open. Redemption where God knits us back together. Mercy when we don't get the punishment...

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    Alexander Pope
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    Matthew 7:1-2, Galatians 6:2, Colossians 3:13, James 5:16, 1 John 3:17
    Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I see, that mercy I to others show, that mercy show to me.

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    Rick Warren
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    Matthew 6:14-15, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, James 2:13, 1 John 1:9
    God's mercy to us is the motivation for showing mercy to others. Remember, you will never be asked to forgive someone else more than God has forgiven you.

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    Gayle Somers
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Ephesians 3:20-21, Romans 5:8, Lamentations 3:22-23, Psalm 103:10-12
    All the cards in the deck of revelation about God’s mercy and kindness are stacked in favor of the unthinkable.

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    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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    Hebrews 12:11, 1 Corinthians 5:12, Ezekiel 3:18, Proverbs 27:5-6, Matthew 18:15, Galatians 6:1
    Nothing can be more cruel than that leniency which abandons others to their sin.

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    Matt Chandler
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    While we lament the apparent injustice of pain and suffering, how often do we forget that every good thing in a fallen world is wholly a gift of God's mercy and grace.

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    Brian Loritts
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    Luke 6:36, Matthew 9:13, Psalm 51:1, Ephesians 2:4-5, Titus 3:5
    Al Capone, the most notorious gangster in American History, had these three words etched on his tombstone: “My Jesus Mercy”

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    Thomas W. Currie III
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    Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 23:39-43, John 8:1-11, Luke 15:25-32, Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-9
    We sometimes find God’s forgiveness to be offensive: “It reveals us to be distressingly like everyone else!” (And we are so special.)

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    Dave Harvey
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    Matthew 7:1-2, Luke 18:9-14, Romans 2:1-3, James 4:11-12, Galatians 6:1-2, 1 Peter 4:8, Titus 3:4-5
    Self-righteousness is a sense of moral superiority that appoints us as prosecutor of other people’s sinfulness. We relate to others as if we are incapable of the sins they commit. Self-righteousness w...

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    Geza Vermes
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    A powerful healer of the physically and mentally sick, . . . he was . . . unconditionally given over to the rescue, not of communities, but of persons in need.

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    Philip Yancey
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    Exodus 2:23–25, 1 Samuel 1:10–11, Jonah 2:1–2, Matthew 5:3, Luke 18:13–14, Psalm 34:18
    Human beings do not readily admit desperation. When they do, the kingdom of heaven draws near.

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    Thomas Watson
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    Adoption is a greater mercy than Adam had in paradise.

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    C.H. Lenski
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    Titus 3:4-5, Luke 23:39-43, 2 Corinthians 9:8, Romans 6:23, Matthew 20:1-16, Ephesians 2:8-9
    The generosity and the magnanimity of God are so great that he accepts nothing from us without rewarding it beyond all computation. . . The vast disproportion existing between our work and God’s rewar...

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    Jonathan Edwards
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    There were earnest longings that all God’s people might be clothed with humility and meekness, like the Lamb of God, and feel nothing in their hearts but love and compassion to all mankind; and great ...

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    J. R. R. Tolkein
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    Isaiah 55:8-9, Romans 14:10, Ecclesiastes 3:17, Proverbs 24:17, John 8:7, Romans 12:19
    "Deserves it! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very ...

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    Romans 12:19, Matthew 6:14-15, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, 1 Peter 3:9, James 1:20, Proverbs 20:22
    By forgiving another, I am trusting that God is a better justice-maker than I am.
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