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Have Mercy
September 08, 2024
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Season 7
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Episode 6
Sometimes people suck, and when they do they should be held up for ridicule and contempt and mockery... Oh, wait. That's what we DO, but is that what Jesus asks of his followers? Is it the example God provides us with? Or are we supposed to find it in ourselves, somehow, to show mercy?
I suspect you already know the answer. Maybe looking at the examples Jesus gave for showing mercy will give us some hope that we might be able to learn how to do it. Or maybe we'll decide that we just don't care for that instruction and we'll stick with being unforgiving jerks who refuse mercy because we don't think some people are worthy of it.
How do you think a citizen of the Kingdom of God would act?