Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

When we are awakened to see ourselves as we are really are, in the depths and weight of our own sins, how can we not have compassion and mercy on others?! The Bible says, “For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged…Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? (Matthew 7:2-3) We may wonder how the Lord can love us in spite of our sins even though He is perfect and holy in all His ways?!

“For the Lord your God is gracious and compassionate. He will not turn His face from you if you return to Him.” (2 Chronicles 30:9) He can make all things new. The Lord loved us so very much that He sent His one and only Son, Jesus Christ to die in our place. He bore our shame (Hebrews 12:2). Since we have experienced His abundant grace and abounding love, we are commanded to, “love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (John 13:34) He desires a relationship with each one of us, including the one who has never known Him as Savior and Lord and also the prodigal.

Jesus died for my sins on the cross. “He made Him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Cor. 5:21) “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) According to this verse, each one of us stands before the Lord guilty, but through Christ’s blood… “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow.” (Isaiah 1:18)!! As His children, repenting before Him, He has removed our sins as far “as the east is from the west!” (Psalm 103:12) Glory!!! We can be restored into a right relationship with the Father. God says, “that mercy triumphs over judgment.” (James 2:12-13)