Topic: The Beatitudes
Brethren,
This week we come to the fifth beatitude as contained in the Sermon on the Mount – This blessedness of the merciful. And when you think of Peter’s question which triggered Jesus’ story in Matthew 18:21-35, you realize how much we need this beatitude.
Key Learning Points:
1. To be merciful is to be God-like because mercy is an attribute of God and pervades everything He does to and for us.
2. Mercy consists of treating people better than they deserve from us. It shows itself in many ways such as forgiveness, compassion to the needy, patience to those who deserve to be punished. Forgiveness is a type of mercy. So is aiding someone whom we have no obligation to help, or abstaining from exploiting someone’s vulnerability.
3. Anyone who has tasted God’s mercy and then refuses to be merciful to others is short sighted and denies who God is
The outline is attached for your reference and advance preparation.
1 Timothy 1:13-17
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