{"id":4273,"date":"2021-05-28T05:08:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/?p=4273"},"modified":"2021-05-29T04:12:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T09:12:42","slug":"like-for-like-revelation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hebrew4christians.com\/training\/like-for-like-revelation\/","title":{"rendered":"Like-for-Like Revelation…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"It has been said that grace is getting what you don\u2019t deserve, whereas mercy is not getting what you do… Yeshua said, \u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy\u201d (Matt. 5:7). This is not a reciprocal law like karma, i.e., you get in return what you first give, since we cannot obtain God\u2019s mercy as reward for our own supposed merit (Rom. 4:4). No, we are able to extend mercy to others when we are made merciful (\u201cfull of mercy\u201d), that is, when we first receive mercy from God. After all, you can\u2019t give away what you don\u2019t have, and if we have no mercy for others, it is likely that we have not received it ourselves, as the parable of the Good Samaritan reveals (Luke 10:25-8). Your forgiveness is your forgiveness: as you forgive, so you reveal your heart. What you do comes from what you are, not the other way around… We are first transformed by God\u2019s grace and then come works of love. We are able to judge others mercifully, with the \u201cgood eye,\u201d because we come to believe that we are beloved by God.<\/p>\n

The pattern therefore abides: First you realize you are broken, impoverished of heart, and you therefore mourn over your sinful condition. Then you hunger and thirst for God\u2019s righteousness, for his healing and deliverance, and you learn to trust the mercy of God, that is, you come to accept that you are accepted despite your unacceptability. You begin to show yourself mercy; you learn to \u201csuffer yourself\u201d and forgive your own evil, and then you extend this mercy to others who are hurting around you… The failure to extend mercy, to demand your \u201crights\u201d or hold on to grudges, implies that you are relating to God as Judge rather than as Savior (James 2:13). If we condemn what we see in others, we have yet to truly see what is within our own hearts; we have yet to see our desperate need for God\u2019s mercy for our lives. If you don\u2019t own your own sin, your sin will own you. Being merciful is a response to God\u2019s love and therefore is essential to genuine teshuvah<\/em>… Ask the LORD to help you let go of the pain of the past by being full of mercy toward yourself and others.<\/p>\n

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