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1 FINDING HAPPINESS IN AN UNHAPPY WORLD Part 5 of 8 Page 1 of 7 *YOU VE GOT TO GIVE MERCY TO RECEIVE MERCY Matthew 5:7 In Matthew chapter 5 Jesus gives us 8 Secrets of Happiness. They all begin with the word blessed and therefore, they are called the Beatitudes. Here are the words of Jesus. *Matthew 5:7 Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them! GNT Jesus is describing the law of the harvest. You get what you sow. You ve got to give mercy to receive mercy. If you criticize other people, they are going to criticize you. If you're friendly to others, they will be friendly to you. If you're merciful to others, they'll be merciful to you. Showing mercy towards others is a giant step down the road towards happiness. Let s look at *1. THE MEANING OF MERCY Mercy is love in action. It's more than just an attitude. It is more than just feeling sorry for someone. It's doing something about it. The Bible describes God as merciful and as his children we are to be like him. *Look at Psalm 145:8 Jehovah is kind and merciful, slow to get angry, full of love. TLB Being a child of God means learning to show mercy. Let s test and see how merciful we are.

2 Let s each answer four questions that reveal the marks of merciful person. *2. FOUR MARKS OF MERCY *(1.) ARE YOU PATIENT WITH PROBLEM PEOPLE? How many of you have problem people in your life? We all do. How do you handle rude and obnoxious people? Do you let them know what you think of them or are you kind and patient? Look at what the Bible says. *1 Thessalonians 5:14 encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone. NIV How can we develop patience with problem people? It helps to look at their background. When we look beneath their behavior, we may see their pain. Behind bad behavior you will often find loneliness, hurt, depression, anxiety, and fear. Hurting people hurt people. When you understand where a person is coming from, it can help us be a little more patient. *(2.) DO YOU FORGIVE THOSE WHO FAIL YOU? When people make mistakes, do you rub it in or do you rub it out? When people let you down, do you hold it over their head for the rest of their life? That's not mercy. ILL I read about a man whose wife did a very foolish thing during their first year of marriage. She repented of it and asked his forgiveness but he never forgave her. He held it over her head, he used it to justify his own bad behavior, he kept reminding her of it for 30 years, until she could take it no more and she left him. *This is mercy. Be gentle and ready to forgive; never hold grudges. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Colossians 3:13 TLB

3 It's interesting that we want mercy when we fail, but when others fail us we want justice. ILL It is like the person who had his picture taken by a photographer. He brought it back and said, "This picture doesn't do me justice!" To that the photographer said, "You don't need justice, you need mercy!" *(3.) DO YOU HELP THOSE WHO ARE HURTING? *Proverbs 3:27 Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it's in your power to help them. NLT *1 John 3:17 But if someone who is supposed to be a Christian has money enough to live well, and sees a brother in need, and won't help him-how can God's love be within him? TLB Mercy is practical assistance. There are people all around you who are hurting. When you feel sorry for those people, that's not being like Christ. When you get involved and do something about their need, that's being like Christ. ILL Somebody asked a comedian, "What's your religion?" He answered, "I'm a Jehovah's bystander." He didn't want to get involved. Being merciful means getting involved. Helping those who are hurting does not usually mean giving them money. Even though a person is asking for money, that may not be what they actually need. Mercy does not mean giving money to everyone that asks you for money whether it is on the street or on TV. That is foolishness. Showing mercy is getting involved in that person s life and finding out what their real needs are and seeking to meet them in practical ways. Do you remember the story of the Good Samaritan? He found a man who was mugged on the side of the road. Two religious guys had walked by the man laying on the side of the road because they did not want to get involved. But the Samaritan got involved and took action. He bandaged his wounds and treated them. Then he put the

4 man on his own donkey, took him to the Holiday Inn, left his credit card to cover the bill. (Luke 10:30) That's mercy. Remember, as you are helping people, the greatest need of any person s life is salvation through Christ. Don t withhold the greatest gift you have for them. Look for ways to tell them about Jesus. Use the back of the connection card. That's mercy. *(4.) DO YOU DO GOOD TO YOUR ENEMIES? *Luke 6:33 if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even 'sinners' do that. *35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. NIV That's exactly the opposite of what society says. Society says, when people hurt you, hurt them back, get even! Do you know that person in your life who is constantly criticizing you, the person who is rude to you, the person that is a real jerk? The Bible says you and I are to do good to that person. Every time that person criticizes you, you find a way to compliment them. Every time that person is mean to you, find a way to be nice to them. That's what being merciful is. You return good for evil. That's what Jesus wants you and I to do. Mercy is love in action. It's the way God treats you and me. How did you do on the four questions that reveal the marks of a merciful person? They are pretty convicting aren t they? Now I want to give you *3. THREE MOTIVES FOR SHOWING MERCY

5 *(1.) WE HAVE BEEN SHOWN MUCH MERCY BY GOD. *Look at Matthew 18:33 shouldn't you have mercy on others, just as I had mercy on you? TLB God expects you and me to be just as merciful to others as He has been with us. When you think about those people who hurt you and are mean to you, remember all the wrong that you have done that God has forgiven. How many times have we disobeyed God s commandments and dishonored our Heavenly Father? We have been terrible and yet God still loves us and shows us mercy. What a merciful God He is. ILL One day some religious hypocrites brought a lady caught in the act of adultery to Jesus. They made her stand before the group that Jesus was teaching. They told Jesus, this lady was caught in the act of adultery. The law says -- if you're caught in adultery, you get stoned to death!" Jesus said, If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her. And they all silently started walking away. (John 8:7) Let s make this our prayer. God, you have been so merciful to me, help me to show that same mercy to others. Here is another motive for showing mercy. *(2.) WE ARE GOING TO NEED MORE MERCY IN THE FUTURE. I am not perfect, as a matter of fact I am a long ways from it. How about you? If you are like me, you are going to need a lot of mercy from now until the time you die. Someone might say, "You don't know how much this person hurt me! I just can't forgive them." Then I hope you never sin. Forgiveness and mercy are a two-way street. You have got to give mercy to get mercy.

6 *James 2:12 Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment! NIV Now that is what I call a motivation for mercy! Here is another motive for showing mercy. *(3.) SHOWING MERCY BRINGS HAPPINESS. That's what Jesus says. Happy are those who are merciful to others. The opposite of that is also true. "Unhappy are the unmerciful." The most miserable people are resentful people who refuse to give up a grudge. They hold unforgiveness in their heart. They don't realize that they are destroying themselves. Someone said, "When you're good to other people, you are best to yourself." That's what Jesus said here. *Proverbs 11:17 Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel. TLB Holding a grudge destroys your life. Showing mercy nourishes your life. Showing mercy is a boomerang blessing. It always comes back to bless you. *That's it! Show mercy! Find happiness! Prayer: God wants you and me to be like Christ and show mercy at work, at home, at school, in our community. Who is it that you need to show mercy? Maybe it is your spouse, your children, a family member, a coworker, or someone in the church. Who is it that you need to show mercy? Ask God to help you to show mercy.

7 God wants our church to be a place where people find mercy and experience real happiness. He wants us to be a family that is patient with problem people, that forgives fallen people. He wants us to be a people that help the hurting and returns good for evil. That is the kind of church He wants us to be. He wants us to reach out to our community in that way. Would you ask God to help us to be that kind of church? Have you experienced the mercy of God? You cannot offer mercy to anyone else until you have first received mercy from God. You can't offer forgiveness to anybody else until you first know you are forgiven by God. Then you can offer mercy and forgiveness to others. Every sin you have ever committed or will commit was paid for by Christ on the cross. The Bible says, the wages of sin is death. Jesus took that penalty. It's already paid for. You can walk out of here with a clear conscious and a clean heart. You can begin a new life. All you must do is receive the mercy and forgiveness of God. Not because you deserve it. None of us do. God loves you and offers you forgiveness and mercy. It's His nature. Would you ask God for his mercy and forgiveness?

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