1. God will be unmerciful
Matthew 18:33-34
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
2. Judgment will be unmerciful
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
3. We will become hypocrites
Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
1 Timothy 5:3
“Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.”
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
Practical loving concern for those who are powerless and forgotten is rooted in the heart of God and championed in Old Testament Law. One of the first internal problems the early church urgently and positively dealt with was prejudice and neglect of the Greek speaking widows in Jerusalem. It was important to God and to them! Paul further reminds us that we better have the same concern for widows today! (Notice that James extends that same concern for both widows and orphans! James 1:27)
Spiritual Thoughts
A heart that is open to Christ will be open to those He loves.
God’s wisdom overshadows our self-centeredness.
Words that point us to Christ are always words that matter.
God is not nearly as concerned with our ability as He is with our surrender.
Matthew 18:33-34
Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’ And his master was angry, and delivered him to the torturers until he should pay all that was due to him.
2. Judgment will be unmerciful
James 2:13
For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
3. We will become hypocrites
Matthew 23:23
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.
1 Timothy 5:3
“Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.”
Thoughts on Today's Verse....
Practical loving concern for those who are powerless and forgotten is rooted in the heart of God and championed in Old Testament Law. One of the first internal problems the early church urgently and positively dealt with was prejudice and neglect of the Greek speaking widows in Jerusalem. It was important to God and to them! Paul further reminds us that we better have the same concern for widows today! (Notice that James extends that same concern for both widows and orphans! James 1:27)
Spiritual Thoughts
A heart that is open to Christ will be open to those He loves.
God’s wisdom overshadows our self-centeredness.
Words that point us to Christ are always words that matter.
God is not nearly as concerned with our ability as He is with our surrender.
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