SF452 - NOT GETTING WHAT YOU DESERVE! (Matthew 5 7)
SF452
NOT GETTING WHAT YOU DESERVE!
Matthew 5:1-10 key v. 7
INTRODUCTION
Series Background
“The Attitudes that Ought to Be”
“Blessed” = satisfied, secured, complete, full of joy
Guiding principles
Ø All Christians are to be like this.
Ø All Christians are to have all of these characteristics.
Ø These are supernatural in origin.
Ø These show the difference between Christians and non-Christians.
Ø Jesus is more interested in who I am than what I have.
Sermon Background
First Four = Inner principles
Second Four = Outward expressions of these attitudes
Poor in spirit - need mercy and show it
Mourn over sin - purity in heart (v.8)
Meek - seek to make peace (v.9)
Hunger and thirst - willing to pay the price of persecution (v.10)
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1A. THE MEANING OF MERCY
1B. Mercy Is Not...
Softness
Sentiment
2B. Mercy Is...
“Meeting people’s needs” John MacArthur
“God’s Ministry to the miserable” Chuck Swindoll
“Compassion in action!” Adrian Rogers
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The Good Samaritan - Luke 10:25-37
1C. The question (v.25-29)
2C. The qualities (vv. 30-35)
The Priest - Ritualism
The Levite - Rules
They can condemn us, describe us, but not redeem us.
The Samaritan - Redeemer
Concern - “pity”
Compassion - “bandaged...”
Comfort - Oil = Holy Spirit; comforter
Cleansing - Wine = Blood of Jesus
Substitution - He set him on his donkey
Salvation - “I will pay the price”
3C. The conclusion (vv.36-37)
“the one who had mercy”
Three Classes of People
The beater - uppers
Those who wound others
physically
emotionally
economically
spiritually
The passer-uppers
The picker-uppers
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2A. THE MEASURE OF MERCY
1B. No mercy without truth!
(Psalms 85:10) "Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other."
All real mercy is rooted in truth - when you show mercy you withhold judgement. Therefore you do not go easy on sin.
2B. No mercy without justice
God is not fair -
To be fair you get what you deserve!
God is Just and merciful -
Justice - sin must be punished = truth
Mercy is what you cry out for when you realized the reality of God’s justice.
The Unmerciful Servant - Matthew 18:21-35
1C. Mercy of the Master (vv. 23-27)
2C. Meanness of the man (vv. 28-31)
3C. Mandate of mercy (vv.32-35)
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3A. THE MANIFESTATION OF MERCY
We show mercy because we are forgiven.
It is a cycle
(James 2:13) "because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment!"
(Psalms 18:25) "With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt show thyself upright;"
Help For A Blind Man
Man lost his sight in an accident. He was bitter. Finally went to a school for the blind. Went to the president’s office - instructor to show him around. He walked him around the campus and helped him.
He was so understanding - because he was blind also.
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APPLICATION
No mercy beyond the grave only justice!
(Hebrews 10:28-29) "Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.
{29} How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?"
Do you think you can simply leave here today and not accept Christ - no friend if you do you trample the blood of Christ!
Don’t Deny The Cure
Doctor tells you that you are going to die. The cure is very expensive. You have no money. He returns two days later. He looks terrible, bloody, etc... He gives all he owns and his son dies in the process. The blood you see on my shirt is the blood of my only son. Here is the cure. You take the vile and look at it and then throw it on the floor and it brakes. Then you point the finger in the face of the doctor and say “Doc if I die, you will be at fault. Don’t let me die.” That is unthinkable!
It is the same if you think you will get to the judgement and receive mercy from God.
