The Greatness and the Power of the Mercy Of God!

Basic Training in Spiritual Warfare

Broadcast info: Glory to God! We welcome you to this BlogTalk Radio Podcast by Memphis Covenant Faith Church. My name is Pastor Helen Price. As we begin today’s podcast I pray that God’s grace, mercy and compassion will abound greatly on behalf of you and all of your loved ones and that God Himself this day will meet you and yours at the point of your need, whatever that need might be. During this 2020 pandemic and serious time of social unrest, and whatever year it is that you are listening, God wants to encourage every single believer to build our faith in the Greatness and the Power of the Mercy of God! Recently with the death of the young jogging Black man Ahmaud Arbery, along with the world wide outcry because of the knee on the neck death of George Floyd, who cried out for his Momma and the recent egregious death of the gentle soul, the 23 year old Black man Elijah McClain, who would visit the animal shelter to play his violin to calm the cats there. Ones who are believers in Jesus Christ and others are asking what can we do? How can we help? One of the answers to those questions can be found as we look at several aspects of God's Mercy. During this time, we also want to make sure that we are on the right side of God's great and powerful mercy. Let us go to our two key scriptures for this series of messages.

The first scripture is Psalm 145:8-9 which answers the question why does God heal, deliver, prosper, rescue and meet us at the point of our need. Psalm 145:8-9 says The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and His tender mercies are over all His works. In the Old & New Testament the Hebrew & Greek word for compassion is the same word used for mercy. So when we read about the mercy of God, it is talking about the compassion of God. It is very important that we get a good understanding of the mercy and compassion of God and of His willingness to move on our behalf, then we will not hesitate to do what our 2nd key scripture Hebrews 4:16 says, Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. We can come boldly to God’s throne of Grace to obtain mercy and compassion first and then find the grace to help in time of need.

In this introduction to the message on the Greatness and the power of the Mercy of God, we need to understand from the beginning that God is good to all, however there are actions and situations that will cause God’s mercy, His compassion to be activated swiftly. That is why it is very important that We stay on the right side of God’s mercy and compassion. Let us look at several examples where God’s tender mercy and compassion is activated swiftly. It is during these times when God reveals Himself as the Lord of Hosts, the Captain of the armies of God who is strong and mighty in battle.

God’s mercy and compassion is swiftly and greatly activated

1) When people cry out to God-Exodus 22:23

2) When justice is needed against injustice.Isaiah 30:18

3) Money will cry out to God-James 5:4

4) Land will cry out to God! Job 31:38-40

5) Walls, rafters (woodwork) will cry out to God, Habakkuk 2:11

6) Gates will cry out to God-- Isaiah 3:26

7) The roads and streets will cry out to God- Lamentations 1:4

8) The dust under our feet will cry out to God- Luke 9:5

9) Blood will cry out to God- Genesis 4:10, Hebrews 12:24

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