LUKE 18:9-14
Pastor Rick
Jackson
I. MERCY
1. Mercy is
NOT Something You Deserve [Lk. 18:9-11]
2. Mercy is
NOT Something You Earn [Lk. 18:12]
3. Mercy is Something
God Grants [Lk. 18:13-14, Ps. 57:1, Heb. 2:17]
-Be merciful
unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee:
-Wherefore
in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might
be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make
reconciliation for the sins of the people.
II. JUST
1. No Just
Man [Ecc. 7:20]
For there is
not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not.
2. God is
Just [Is. 45:21, Zech. 9:9, 1 Pt. 3:18]
-Tell ye,
and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared
this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD?
and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none
beside me.
-Rejoice
greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King
cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an
ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
-For Christ
also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring
us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
3. Just by
Faith [Hab. 2:4, Rm. 1:17, 3:26; Gal. 3:11, Heb. 10:38]
-Behold, his
soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his
faith.
-For therein
is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The
just shall live by faith
-To declare,
I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier
of him which believeth in Jesus.
-But that no
man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just
shall live by faith.
-Now the
just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no
pleasure in him.
III. REASON
1. You Have
a Problem [Is. 1:18]
Come now,
and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet,
they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.
2. You Have
a Person [Heb. 5:1-10]
For every
high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to
God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: Who can have
compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he
himself also is compassed with infirmity. And by reason hereof he ought, as for
the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. And no man taketh this
honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. So also Christ
glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him,
Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. As he saith also in another
place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. Who in the
days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong
crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard
in that he feared; Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things
which he suffered; And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal
salvation unto all them that obey him; Called of God an high priest after the
order of Melchisedec.
3.You Have a
Purpose [Rm. 12:1]
I beseech
you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a
living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
