Aim: To be buffeted by God's law—even as we are saved in God's mercy.
Doctrine: Our failure to keep the law makes the true church merciful toward other sinners. The law thoroughly condemns us before a holy God; God's mercy completely releases us in the grace of Christ.
Exegesis: The Christian life as tension between law and mercy: our spiritual ''feet'' are ''held to the fire'' by our good fear of God (vv. 8-9); our self-righteous pride is crushed under the load of the law's demands (vv. 10-11); our obedience and hope is all based in Christ's gospel of free grace (vv. 12-13).
Further application: How the church thrives even from within the law and mercy continuum: holy fear of God retards sin in us, but it is grateful love that makes Jesus most dear to us.
Key verse: v. 13 ''For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.''
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Mark Henninger
Law and Mercy Series in James Redeemer Presbyterian...
Rev. Mark Henninger received his Masters of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois, and he has been Pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Peoria, Illinois for more than 30 years.
