Knowing God - #3 - God's Compassion, Mercy, And Forgiveness Series

No one is good enough for heaven. Even Billy Graham and Mother Theresa aren’t good enough.

They need the forgiveness of God offered by His compassion and mercy.

Throw yourself on His mercy. The landing will be soft. And it will result in eternal life in heaven.

Conclusion

I want to end this time this morning with a story.

About a year and a half ago, I was washing dishes in the house I rented from an old man named Orville Duff.

I looked out the window to see his caretaker coming over to my house across the alley from where he lived.

When she came in, she said, “Brian, could you grab your Bible and come over to Duff’s house?”

I said I would, and walked with her back to his house.

I was thinking, “Oh no. He’s dead or dying, and I’m supposed to do my Christian thing – whatever that was.”

Well, it turns out that God had spoken to Orville that day. God said, “Orville, you have lived all these years without Me. It’s time you gave yourself to Me.”

Tears were running down Orville’s cheeks as he told this.

He was ready to take Christ as his Lord and Savior.

I talked with Orville about what it means to receive Christ, trusting in His sacrifice for the forgiveness of his sins, and led him in a prayer to take Christ as His Savior.

He was 96 years old.

Orville died last week at 98.

Here’s my point. God had mercy on Orville, keeping him alive long enough to finally understand that He needed God. And He lived his last months in love with the Savior.

God is having mercy on you. If you already have Christ as your Savior, you have experienced a good bit of it.

If you have not taken Him as Savior yet, God is extending His mercy so that you will not have to leave here today without the forgiveness and pardon He offers.

Let’s pray.