Sermons on The Mercy Seat:

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Charles Salmon on Aug 18, 2004

A sermon on God’s mercy with main points taken from a very popular section of Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice.

Blessed Are the Merciful Matt. 5:7 INTRO. This is the first of the Beatitudes that deals with the attitude of a Christian toward his fellow man. Mercy is love in action. It seeks the benefit of those who are in our power to hurt and may well deserve ill treatment. It goes beyond benevolence ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Bobby Roger on Jan 30, 2004

series on the Beatitudes

The Beatitudes Matthew 5:1-12 ¡§Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.¡¨ (v. 7) I. THE CHARACTER The word mercy is used 31x in the New Testament. It conveys the idea of having mercy, obtaining mercy, showing mercy and even receiving mercy; but it also carries with it the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

The Merciful God Series

Contributed by Matthew Duminy on Jun 15, 2004

First part of a 5 part course to help you get to know who God is

The Merciful God (El-Rakhoom) Read Deut 4:28-31 We all need mercy. I don’t need to tell you that we’re all sinners. It’s a simple, sad fact of life (“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” – Rom 3:23). With this in mind, how can a pure, righteous and holy God allow us anywhere ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 4:28-31

Denomination: Pentecostal

A Cry For Mercy

Contributed by Glenn Hamel on Nov 13, 2004

This is a message about our plea for mercy to God for the sins we have commited. Based upon David’s same cry in Psalm 51

A Cry For Mercy Psalm 51 Verse 1-2. A Cry for Mercy. Have mercy on me, O God You see David doesn’t try to plead his innocence nor shifts the blame to someone else. He knows that he does not deserve forgiveness, he pleads first for mercy, based on God’s loving-kindness. In line with this mercy, ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 51:1-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Mercy Measurement

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Feb 28, 2005

The topic for tonight is mercy - the forgiveness we have received and a few reasons why we should be dishing it out as well.

27, February 2005 Dakota Community Church The Mercy Measurement Introduction: I want to begin this evening by reading three passages of scripture that I used last week when we were looking at the reality of the law of the harvest. The topic for tonight is mercy. I want to look at the forgiveness ...read more

Scripture: Luke 6:37-38

Denomination: Mennonite

Blessed Are The Merciful

Contributed by David Taylor on Oct 7, 2004

Waht it means to be merciful

Sermon on Mount Blessed are the merciful In the beatitudes, Jesus’ aim was to create a lifestyle in his followers that would make people think about the value of God, or to glorify God. The beatitudes start out showing us our great need for God and then the rest show us what it means to live ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Frank Lay on Oct 12, 2004

Our God is a merciful God, and expects those of us who have received his mercy to be merciful as well.

BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL Matthew 5:7 "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy." Are you a merciful person? Yet that is what our Lord Jesus Christ wants us to be. In Luke 6:36, our Lord said, "Therefore be mersiful, just as your Father is also merciful." Our God is a merciful ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Baptist

The Mercy Of God

Contributed by Steven Cannon on Feb 13, 2006

Gods mercy is beautiful and life changing.

THE MERCY OF GOD Today we’re going to look at the mercy of God. Have you ever done something wrong and needed someone to be merciful? I remember being asked by a friend to take care of her car while she was on vacation. What I didn’t know is that her license plates were expired. A police ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 33:19

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Unstrained Mercy Series

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Jun 27, 2006

Unstrained mercy needs to be constrained by the same constraints that God himself recognizes: by wisdom, by justice, by the long-term, eternal good of the person you are trying to help.

Every week it seems like there’s another new disaster. Wasn’t Hurricane Katrina enough, without adding Hurricane Rita to it? We were all so overwhelmed by the magnitude of those twin crises that many of us probably didn’t even pay much attention to the fires in California. After all, they ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Mercy Of God Series

Contributed by Adrian Reynolds on Nov 6, 2003

A short series on God’s character as shown in the psalms - Psalm 86 focusing on the mercy of God.

When it comes to your relationship to God as an individual, to our relationship with God as a church, what would you say is our greatest need? What is it, above anything else that we need as we approach God? What is at the top of the list for prime importance? I will tell you, because I know ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 86:5-7, Psalm 51:1-27

Denomination: Baptist

Have Mercy Series

Contributed by Richard White on Oct 4, 2002

Mercy is not just you scratch my back I scratch yours. It is doing everything we can and expecting nothing in return

Have Mercy Matt. 5:7 Illustration: Millions of people were gathered before the Throne of God. Some of the groups near the front talked heatedly and were belligerent. “How can God judge us, they asked?” God is in heaven where all is beauty and light, what does He know about ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 5:7, Luke 10:30-37

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Mercy Lost!

Contributed by Ivan Casteel on Jun 14, 2005

Warning each person that the mercy of God can be taken away.

PP0603 DATE MERCY LOST! 2 Sam 7:12-16. 2Sa 7:12 And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Samuel 7:12-16

Denomination: Baptist

A Severe Mercy

Contributed by Duke Jeffries on Oct 18, 2000

A. Introduction 1.

A. Introduction 1. The doctrine of election wasn't invented by Augustine, or John Calvin, or Jonathan Edwards. It is presented explicitly throughout Scripture but, "like every truth about God, the doctrine of election involves mystery, and it sometimes stirs controversy." That may be the ...read more

Scripture: Romans 9:14-29

The Mercies Of God

Contributed by David Coe on Nov 12, 2000

A sermon showing the blessing of God's mercies.

The Mercies of God Lam. 3:22,23 I. The FACT of God's Mercies "...the Lord's mercies..." II. The FULLNESS of God's Mercies "...mercies..." (plural) III. The FORTRESS of God's Mercies "...that we are not consumed..." IV. The FORCE of God's Mercies "...fail not..." V. The FRESHNESS ...read more

Scripture: Lamentations 3:22-23

Denomination: Baptist

Blessed Are The Merciful Series

Contributed by Paul Apple on Oct 18, 2000

BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY

BIG IDEA: BLESSED ARE THE MERCIFUL FOR THEY SHALL RECEIVE MERCY (amplification of the Beatitude from Matthew 5:7) I. (:1-3) THE MERCIFUL WILL BE SUSTAINED BY THE MERCY OF GOD A. His Character: The Merciful = The Helper of the Helpless more blessed to give than to receive consider the Lord ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 41:1-13

Denomination: Independent/Bible