{"id":19436,"date":"2026-04-21T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=19436"},"modified":"2026-04-15T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:07:08","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-4-21-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-4-21-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 4-21-26"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ephesians 2:4-5 (LSB) 4 But God, being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ\u2014by grace you have been saved…<\/p>\n

Yesterday we discussed grace; receiving favor\/kindness we don’t<\/strong><\/i> deserve.<\/p>\n

Today we will discuss mercy; not receiving punishment we do<\/strong><\/i> deserve.<\/p>\n

These two, grace and mercy, go hand in hand, leading us toward God and a repentant heart.<\/p>\n

Mercy: the compassionate treatment of those in distress, specifically involving the withholding of deserved punishment or the relief of misery.<\/p>\n

Original Greek: Eleos<\/i><\/p>\n

In the verses above, Ephesians 2:4-5, we learn that because of His great love for us, God displayed mercy toward us even while we were dead in our transgressions (sins), making us alive in Christ.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Father!<\/p>\n

What is this mercy that Paul speaks of in these verses?<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s examine it and break it down so we can be sure to understand it correctly.<\/p>\n

As seen in the short definition above, mercy in its simplest definition is when someone has the right and the cause to punish us, but they choose not to do so.<\/p>\n

Our sin and blatant rebellion against God give Him the right<\/strong> to punish us; to condemn us to eternal separation from Him.<\/p>\n

God\u2019s compassion toward us prevents us from receiving the judgement that we deserve.<\/p>\n

It is in becoming aware of, and recognizing, His grace and mercy toward us that our heart changes.<\/p>\n

We become repentant, displaying genuine remorse for our sin.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we will discuss that oh-so-important word, repentance.<\/p>\n

We hope you will join us!<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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Ephesians 2:4-5 (LSB) 4 But God, being rich in mercy because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ\u2014by grace you have been saved… Yesterday we discussed grace; receiving favor\/kindness we don’t deserve. Today we will discuss mercy; not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[2280,2058],"class_list":["post-19436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-salvation-2","tag-bible-verses-about-salvation","tag-bible-verses-about-salvation-through-christ"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19438,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19436\/revisions\/19438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}