God Being Rich In Mercy

Eph 2:4 NASB - But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
Eph 2:5 NASB - even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),

Mercy
Greek: eleos
Merciful (Adjective, and Verb, to Be), Mercy (Noun, and Verb, to Have, Etc.):

"is the outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it. It is used
(a) of God, who is rich in mercy, Eph 2:4, and who has provided salvation for all men, Tts 3:5, for Jews, Luk 1:72, and Gentiles, Rom 15:9. He is merciful to those who fear him, Luk 1:50, for they also are compassed with infirmity, and He alone can succor them. Hence they are to pray boldly for mercy, Hbr 4:16, and if for themselves, it is seemly that they should ask for mercy for one another, Gal 6:16; 1Ti 1:2. When God brings His salvation to its issue at the Coming of Christ, His people will obtain His mercy, 2Ti 1:16; Jud 1:21;

(b) of men; for since God is merciful to them, He would have them show mercy to one another, Mat 9:13; 12:7; 23:23; Luk 10:37; Jam 2:13.

"Wherever the words mercy and peace are found together they occur in that order, except in Gal 6:16. Mercy is the act of God, peace is the resulting experience in the heart of man. Grace describes God's attitude toward the law-breaker and the rebel; mercy is His attitude toward those who are in distress."*


"In the order of the manifestation of God's purposes of salvation grace must go before mercy . . . only the forgiven may be blessed . . . From this it follows that in each of the Apostolic salutations where these words occur, grace precedes mercy, 1Ti 1:2; 2Ti 1:2; Tts 1:4 (in some mss.); 2Jo 1:3"

GRACE
Greek: charis
Benefit, Benefactor:

"grace," is once rendered "benefit," 2Cr 1:15; it stresses the character of the "benefit," as the effect of the gracious disposition of the benefactor.
See ACCEPTABLE, FAVOR, GRACE, LIBERALITY, PLEASURE, THANK.

grace
a) that which affords joy, pleasure, delight, sweetness, charm, loveliness: grace of speech
2) good will, loving-kindness, favour
a) of the merciful kindness by which God, exerting his holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, keeps, strengthens, increases them in Christian faith, knowledge, affection, and kindles them to the exercise of the Christian virtues
3) what is due to grace
a) the spiritual condition of one governed by the power of divine grace
b) the token or proof of grace, benefit
1) a gift of grace
2) benefit, bounty
4) thanks, (for benefits, services, favours), recompense, reward
But in the order of the manifestation of God’s purposes of salvation the grace must go before the mercy,   It is true that the same persons are the subjects of both, being at once the guilty and the miserable; yet the righteousness of God, which it is quite as necessary should be maintained as his love, demands that the guilt should be done away, before the misery can be assuaged; only the forgiven may be blessed. He must pardon, before He can heal; men must be justified before they can be sanctified. And as the righteousness of God absolutely and in itself requires this, so no less that righteousness as it has expressed itself in the moral constitution of man, linking as it there has done misery with guilt, and making the first the inseparable companion of the second.


Mat 3:13 ASV - Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
I am looking today at the beginning of our walk with the Lord and how we can come before God and receive his righteousness.   Now reading the book of     Luk 1:41 ASV - And it came to pass, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;
Luk 1:42 ASV - and she lifted up her voice with a loud cry, and said, Blessed [art] thou among women, and blessed [is] the fruit of thy womb.
Luk 1:76 ASV - Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
Luk 1:77 ASV - To give knowledge of salvation unto his people In the remission of their sins,
Luk 1:78 ASV - Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby the dayspring from on high shall visit us,
Luk 1:79 ASV - To shine upon them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death; To guide our feet into the way of peace.
Luk 1:80 ASV - And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel.

John had to come before Jesus,  And the same is true today for every man the very first thing we must see is that with out repentance no man shall see God.       Hbr 12:14 ASV - Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

Sanctification
Holiness, Holy, Holily:

translated "holiness" in the AV of Rom 6:19, 22; 1Th 4:7; 1Ti 2:15; Hbr 12:14, is always rendered "sanctification" in the RV. It signifies
(a) separation to God, 1Cr 1:30; 2Th 2:13; 1Pe 1:2;

(b) the resultant state, the conduct befitting those so separated, 1Th 4:3, 4, 7, and the four other places mentioned above. "Sanctification" is thus the state predetermined by God for believers, into which in grace He calls them, and in which they begin their Christian course and so pursue it. Hence they are called "saints" (hagioi).peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:    Mat 6:12 ASV - And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.      Mat 6:12 ASV - And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
Mat 6:14 ASV - For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Mat 6:15 ASV - But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.   The bible says Love workth no Ill unto his neighbor, therefore Love is the fulfilling  of the Law  Rom 13-10 .  

Matt 6-12     The word debt    ) metaphorically, of sin as a "debt," because it demands expiation, and thus payment by way of punishment, Mat 6:12.  A ransom was paid for mankind and blood was the payment .     1Ti 2:6 ASV - who gave himself a ransom for all; the testimony [to be borne] in its own times;                                       
And the word debtors   (b) of those who have not yet made amends to those whom they have injured, Mat 6:12, "our debtors;" of some whose disaster was liable to be regarded as a due punishment, Luk 13:4   I see here that if some one offends you and brings hurt to you and you get emotionally involved in your flesh,  than you are guilty of the offense of not turning the other cheek. Forgiving that person and letting Love and the fruit of the spirit be manifested and work in you.   Mat 5:23 ASV - If therefore thou art offering thy gift at the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against thee,  
Mat 5:24 ASV - leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way, first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. If an unforgiving heart works and has its way in you than it brings in a root of bitterness ,   metaphorically, of a root of "bitterness," producing "bitter" fruit. .   The most important lesson Jesus taught is to Forgive,  hold no grudges and be not bitter against any one. He said to his father as he looked out on these that crucified him and as he was dieing .       Luk 23:34 ASV - And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
Isa 40:3 ASV - The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Isa 40:4 ASV - Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the uneven shall be made level, and the rough places a plain:
Isa 40:5 ASV - and the glory of Jehovah shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of Jehovah hath spoken it.
Jhn 1:26 ASV - John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
Jhn 1:27 ASV - [even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

Jhn 1:35 ASV - Again on the morrow John was standing, and two of his disciples;
Jhn 1:36 ASV - and he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God!

Jhn 1:30 ASV - This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.
Jhn 1:31 ASV - And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.
Jhn 1:33 ASV - And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

Luk 3:5 ASV - Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
This verse is speaking of the accessibility to Jesus it is wide open , his grace is what saves us. It says every valley shall be filled every mountain and hill brought low.  The Lord has made the way possible for men to come unto him.  You see that is why John came baptizing with a baptism  of repentance .   Mat 3:1 ASV - And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,
Mat 3:2 ASV - Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mat 3:3 ASV - For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
Luk 3:6 ASV - And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
I believe in the end it will be true of those that chose to live according to this worlds ways and live some sort of christian live outwardly but inwardly live to there flesh .  Jesus said if you find your life in this world you will lose your eternal life with him. 
Mat 10:39 ASV - He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.
Mat 16:25 ASV - For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.
When a man comes to God he makes a confession to the fact that he renounces his former life of sin and commits his whole life there after to serving God , it says in   Hbr 11:7 ASV - By faith Noah, being warned [of God] concerning things not seen as yet, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. Love not the world nor the things in it.  The word says we repent we see our sinnful nature and have a change of mind,  and than according to scripture   Act 2:37 ASV - Now when they heard [this,] they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, Brethren, what shall we do?
Act 2:38 ASV - And Peter [said] unto them, Repent ye, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ unto the remission of your sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
   To Be baptized 1Pe 3:20 ASV - that aforetime were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls, were saved through water:
1Pe 3:21 ASV - which also after a true likeness doth now save you, [even] baptism, not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the interrogation of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ;
   Rom 6:4 ASV - We were buried therefore with him through baptism unto death: that like as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.             Rom 6:6 ASV - knowing this, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of sin might be done away, that so we should no longer be in bondage to sin;
And now comes the power to live a sanctified life, and overcome this world through Gods spirit .  And Ye Shall Receive The Gift Of The Holy Ghost.   It happens to you Just as it happened to the one hundred and twenty on the day of Pentecost .   The baptism of the Holy Ghost is an absolute experience,   it is the most wonderful thing that happens to a man or a woman it is being born again to a new life hidden in Christ . It is Christ in you the hope of glory.   The bible does not tell us to except Christ as our personal savior and that is it ! and you are saved. No it does not say that , it says to repent with the heart and that is the valley filled and the mountain  brought low it brings you right to the throne of grace .      Gal 4:5 ASV - that he might redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.           Gal 4:6 ASV - And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.  
The word Abba   Greek: abba
Abba:
is an Aramaic word, found in Mar 14:36; Rom 8:15 and Gal 4:6. In the Gemara (a Rabbinical commentary on the Mishna, the traditional teaching of the Jews) it is stated that slaves were forbidden to address the head of the family by this title. It approximates to a personal name, in contrast to "Father," with which it is always joined in the NT. This is probably due to the fact that, abba having practically become a proper name, Greek-speaking Jews added the Greek word pater, "father," from the language they used. "Abba" is the word framed by the lips of infants, and betokens unreasoning trust; "father" expresses an intelligent apprehension of the relationship. The two together express the love and intelligent confidence of the child.
The Greek number for Abba in the Strong's concordance is five and five is the number of Grace so Gal 4:5- 6 is saying to us that we are redeemed from the law of sin and death and have received the adoption of sons. We can cry to our father Daddy Daddy for through Jesus he is our great father.

Jhn 3:5 ASV - Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God!
Jhn 3:6 ASV - That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Jhn 3:7 ASV - Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born anew.


This is the blessings God bestows upon those that sever him and love his word. 

Deu 28:1-14  ASV - And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that Jehovah thy God will set thee on high above all the nations of the earth:
 and all these blessings shall come upon thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God.
  Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
  Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy beasts, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
  Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
  Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
  Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
  Jehovah will command the blessing upon thee in thy barns, and in all that thou puttest thy hand unto; and he will bless thee in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
 Jehovah will establish thee for a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee; if thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, and walk in his ways.
  And all the peoples of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of Jehovah; and they shall be afraid of thee.
 And Jehovah will make thee plenteous for good, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
  Jehovah will open unto thee his good treasure the heavens, to give the rain of thy land in its season, and to bless all the work of thy hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
  And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do [them],
  and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Now contrary to many peoples belief about the curses and the Law they have never departed this earth and to live under any of the law and not all of it , will be guilty of the whole Law.     Above we see the blessings and below we see the curses of not being obedient to the word of God  .  Jesus said he came not to do away with the law. But that he came to fulfill the Law.      Rom 3:25 ASV - whom God set forth [to be] a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

Greek: hilasterion
Propitiation:

akin to A, is regarded as the neuter of an adjective signifying "propitiatory." In the Sept. it is used adjectivelly in connection with epithema, "a cover," in Exd 25:17; 37:6, of the lid of the ark (see MERCY-SEAT), but it is used as a noun (without epithema), of locality, in Exd 25:18-22; 31:7; 35:12; 37:7, 8, 9; Lev 16:2, 13-15; Num 7:89, and this is its use in Hbr 9:5.
Elsewhere in the NT it occurs in Rom 3:25, where it is used of Christ Himself; the RV text and punctuation in this verse are important: "whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, by His blood." The phrase "by His blood" is to be taken in immediate connection with "propitiation." Christ, through His expiatory death, is the Personal means by whom God shows the mercy of His justifying grace to the sinner who believes. His "blood" stands for the voluntary giving up of His life, by the shedding of His blood in expiatory sacrifice, under Divine judgment righteously due to us as sinners, faith being the sole condition on man's part.

The curses Duet 28:15-68  They are the opposite of the blessings of God remember Jesus said the prophets and Moses wrote of him .  And the old testament is a type and shadow of better things to come .   Rom 11:24 ASV - For if thou wast cut out of that which is by nature a wild olive tree, and wast grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree; how much more shall these, which are the natural [branches], be grafted into their own olive tree?
Rom 11:25 ASV - For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
Rom 11:26 ASV - and so all Israel shall be saved: even as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer; He shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
Rom 11:27 ASV - And this is my covenant unto them, When I shall take away their sins.
Rom 11:28 ASV - As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
Rom 11:29 ASV - For the gifts and the calling of God are not repented of.
Rom 2:28 ASV - For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh:
Rom 2:29 ASV - but he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

Mat 22:9 ASV - Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast.
Mat 22:10 ASV - And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests.
Mat 22:11 ASV - But when the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment:
Mat 22:12 ASV - and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.
Mat 22:13 ASV - Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
Mat 22:14 ASV - For many are called, but few chosen.