His Mercy

His Mercy

Regarding His mercy, let us see what the following biblical passages tell us:

Exodus chapter 34: verses 6 and 7: “And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, 7Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation”.51

Psalm 36: verses 7, 9, and 10: “How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 9For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. 10O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart”.51

Note that, in the first of these two biblical quotes, it is God Himself who declares to His servant Moses the magnitude of His mercy, among other virtues of His. In the second quote, it is the holy man, who having experienced so abundantly the mercy of God, inspired by His Holy Spirit, writes in such terms of recognition and gratitude towards the Divine Creator for this manifestation of His infinite goodness.

God's mercy is defined as an unmerited gift from Him towards human beings. It is a manifestation of His goodness through which His love and compassion for them exceed, especially when the person is in a state of penitence due to their sin.

The study about grace will be taken into consideration in chapter 9 of this treatise.