Matthew 18:32-33 (NKJV) 32 Then his master, after he had called him, said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me. 33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’
Does this remind us of ourselves? Have we maybe not shown mercy to someone else, even though we have been shown mercy in our own lives?
It can be so easy to look at others and pass judgment on someone based on one little tiny tidbit of their life that we see. Sometimes we will lack mercy when it comes to the life of another person in an area of their life where we have received mercy.
Maybe we see someone under the influence of alcohol and look down our noses at them, even though God rescued us from alcohol. Or maybe we show no mercy for someone who pulls out in front of us in traffic, even though we have done the very same thing on occasion.
We could go on and on with many, many examples of this, but it’s probably safe to say that we all get the point already.
So we just want to give a gentle reminder that God requires us to show the same mercy to others that He has shown to us.
James 2:13 (NKJV) 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie
Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808
401-315-0902
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