Peter Roselle: Expect No Mercy if You Show No Mercy (James 2:13)
Channel: King of Kings Worship Center
Date: 23/03/2021

Peter Roselle: Expect No Mercy if You Show No Mercy (James 2:13)
James 2:13 says, “For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.” Quotes: “You can't forget that forgiveness was extended to you and turn around and not extend forgiveness to other people. Ephesians 2:1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 4 But God is so rich in mercy, and He loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, He gave us life when He raised Christ from the dead.”

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So the word he gave me was mercy triumphs over judgment. I'll try to unpack that in a relatively short time. You might be able to read it, it's Micah 6:8. It says, "Do justly, love mercy walk humbly," right? That's when the Old Testament, and this says mercy triumphs over judgment, which is from James 2:13. So we're going to unpack that a little. Can you just, this is a picture I'm getting, put your hand over your heart and say, Lord.

Don't ever forget that one, right? If Paul said he has not arrived, then we should never think that we're going to completely arrive in this life, right? And then, 2 Corinthians 3:18, in the NIV version says, that, "We are being transformed into the image of God "with ever-increasing glory." Here, in this life, so if you need a mission statement, that's a good place to start. Being transformed, being transformed. You might say, well, if any man be in Christ, he's a new creation, old things have passed away, all things have become new, but then why does Paul say you're still on the milk and I want you to be on the meat, I want you to grow up, I want you to mature, right? So we're being transformed. That's our goal is to be an imitation of Christ, to be a reflection and ambassador of his in the earth. 

I want to cover some scriptures. You don't have to take a lot of notes because you could just watch it online afterwards if you want, but I just want you to keep your spirit open to the linkage that I'm going to try to put out here for you. I tend to talk too long, I guess you could say, but I have a lot to say. James 2:12 says, "So speak and so do as those "who will be judged by the law of liberty. "For judgment is without mercy "to the one who has shown no mercy." Can you say that with me?

Vere 13 is a big deal today because there's a lot of people being canceled for making a mistake. That's part of what they call the culture today, is the cancel culture. That's not Jesus. Man, if there was a cancel culture, I would've never been allowed in. So I hope all of us realize Ephesians 2 is such a cornerstone when it says, "Once you were dead because of your disobedience "and your many sins." 

I hope you do, but don't forget it now that you're a Christian. Don't forget, you were once dead. Verse 2 says, you used to live in sin just like the rest of the world, obeying the Devil, the commander of the powers in the unseen world. That's a good translation. We were working for a boss and we didn't know it. His name is the Devil, and he's an evil boss because he's liar. You don't want to work for a liar. You want to work for The Truth (Jesus).

The enemy is a good liar, he tempts you to disobey God, and there is pleasure in sin for a season. We need the spiritual discipline to avoid temptations - not by our might or by our power, but by the Spirit of the Holy God living in us. He gives us the strength to do what we can't do in our own ability. 
Ephesians 2 goes on to say, "But God, who is rich in mercy, loved us so much that even though we were dead because of our sins, gave us life when he raised Jesus from the dead." 

You can't forget that forgiveness was extended to you and turn around and not extend forgiveness to other people.

"Judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy." When you are humbled and you realize that you're going to make a mistake between now and the rest of your life. I will sin again, and when I do, I'm going to hope that whoever I sinned against is going to show mercy not judgment. 

"Judge, not lest ye be judged," Jesus said in Matthew 7:1. "For with the measure you judge, it will be measured back to you. And who are you to pint out the speck in your brother's eye when you have telephone pole sticking out of your eye?" This is about what happens when we're not willing to forgive and extend mercy.