For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.For judgment is without mercy to him who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.For judgment is without mercy to him that hath showed no mercy: mercy glorieth against judgment.
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… Number 6, we forgive to avoid discipline. James 2.13, judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Did you get that? Judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. I don't know any believer who would affirm that they want judgment in their life. You wouldn't want that. You wouldn't want divine discipline in your life. When you get pretty serious, there are occasions where the Lord even takes the life of a believer because of the sin. You don't want God's discipline. You want to avoid that. So the way to avoid the discipline of God is for mercy to triumph over judgment. That means you should be a merciful person, and that mercy shows up in constantly overlooking transgressions and sins, offering forgiveness, showing mercy. Number seven, and this is a very important one, we forgive because of what James 1 says, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, because trials have a perfecting work. …
… If you have a judgmental spirit, you are living dangerously. Put this verse down, James 2, verse 13. For he shall have judgment without mercy that showed no mercy. And mercy rejoiceth against judgment. Put this verse down, Matthew 6, verse 15. For if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither shall your Father forgive you your trespasses. So you need to get out of the FBI, the Fundamentalist Bureau of Investigation. Get off the Sin Seeker Committee. and show mercy. There are people in this city who are hurting in the church and out of the church. They don't need your condemnation. They need your mercy. Now, last of all, there is a time for discrimination. There is a fixed standard between right and wrong. Don't let that be blurred. There is also a time for toleration. It is not to deny that there is right. It is not to deny that there is wrong. But it is to say, I myself am a sinner. And I know you are. …
… LOOK, IF YOU WILL, IN CHAPTER 2 AND VERSE 13. James 2, verse 13, for he shall have judgment without mercy that showed no mercy. He shall have judgment without mercy that showed no mercy. He shall have judgment without mercy that showed no mercy. But oh, look at the next part of that. And mercy, mercy rejoiceth against judgment. Don't you love that? When I stand before God, I'll tell you what I want. I want mercy I need mercy and I don't want to judge you because if I do I won't have any mercy I want to see every man every woman every boy every girl is God seasoned and God loves them all for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son.