Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom, because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:12-13 NIV
The law that gives freedom is the law of love that Jesus not only taught, & lived, but is.
Where love is the highest virtue.
Forgiveness
Another chance
Let him who is without sin...
That law where mercy triumphs
The mercy of God sending Jesus to atone for me
The mercy of Jesus willingly taking my punishment
The mercy of his Spirit to keep working in and working on my failures...
Since mercy triumphs in God's economy then how should it look in mine?
Judgement is so much easier...
#mercy
#mercytrumpsjudgement
#thisislove
#thisisourGod
Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can't see - such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. Colossians 1:15-16 NLT OK so this is an English translation of a letter Paul wrote to a church 2,000 years ago, but does it feel like Paul is wrestling with words and ideas to try and capture all of who Jesus is, of who God is, of how does it work that the walking around Jesus was also there before the beginning of the beginning of everything we can see and touch and know. Not only that but Jesus was somehow the agent of everything that has been made in the physical, social, and spiritual. Jesus is at the centre of it all. Walking around Jesus. Cooking fish for breakfast Jesus. Heart aching as he ...
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