There is a flow to the beatitudes. Poor in spirit makes you mourn for your sins; you become meek, humble, tender because you know who you are; you look outside yourself to a righteousness not your own, you hunger and thirst for it. "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." You are merciful because you have received mercy. Mercy marks a Christian; he has been affected by mercy. Paul calls Christians "vessels of mercy" — Christians are vessels that received mercy (Rom. 9:23). Our God is the "Father of mercies" (2Cor. 1:3). 1. Being merciful is a supernatural work 2. Spiritual Mercy differs from Natural Mercy 3. Three Elements of being merciful 4. The areas requiring mercy 5. The promise to the merciful 6. Eight Guidelines for Expressing Mercy
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Dr. Mark Herzer
The Merciful Sermon on the Mount Christ Covenant...
Dr. Mark Herzer has been the pastor of Christ Covenant Presbyterian Church (P.C.A.) in Warminster, PA since 1997. Before this, he was ordained to labor as an Assistant Pastor of Korean United Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia (1992-1995). He received his M.A.R. and Ph. D....
