Mercy and truth are met together

Ps. {57:3} He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah.
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

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Send from heaven.
Save from the reproach of him that would swallow us up.
God will send forth his mercy and his truth.


2 Tim. {1:18} The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day.

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Mercy of the Lord.

Jesus brought mercy with Him from heaven.

John {14:6} Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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The truth.

Jesus brought truth with Him from heaven.


Ps. {57:3} He shall send from heaven, and save from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah.
God shall send forth his mercy and his truth.

God did send His mercy and His truth, He sent us Jesus, His Son.

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Ps. {57:9} I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations.
{57:10} For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
{57:11} Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: [let] thy glory [be] above all the earth.

Mercy, truth!

Ps. {69:13} But as for me, my prayer [is] unto thee, O LORD, [in] an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

The multitude of thy mercy.
The truth of thy salvation.

{85:8} I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
{85:9} Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
{85:10} Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
{85:11} Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
{85:12} Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
{85:13} Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

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How beautiful- righteousness and peace have kiss each other.

Mercy and truth are met together.

They're all intertwined. Mercy, truth, righteousness and peace.

Let them not turn again to folly.

We have a choice always. Salvation is ours but so is damnation. We make that choice no one makes it for us. We have to honor God, to love Him, to give Him the reverence due to Him as our creator, our savior. Salvation is close to those who love Him, to those who give Him the reverence He deserves.

People want to forget about the turning from their follies part. The part where *they* have to do something. They hear that we can't do works to be saved and so they glory in their sins thinking that to abandon them is a work and that they are working to get salvation.

Turning from our follies, turning from our sins isn't a work to obtain salvation. It is a choice we make knowing that sin is hated by the One we love.

If we love another person and we know they hate something- we don't do it out of love for them. Are we perfect when we try not to do these things those we love hate? Not always, sometimes we fail and then we have to try all over again and not because they'll stop loving us, but because we love them and don't want to hurt them.

Sin is an enmity against God.

God hates sin.

Sin separates us from God.

When we love God and receive salvation through the mercy and grace of His Son Jesus we too hate sin, the part of us that is one with God, our spiritual side. Sin will tempt us, sin offers gratifications for the present, no one can deny that sin is something insidious and yet something we find ourselves committing over and over again.

We have to turn from our follies, from our sins, not embrace them, not glory in them, recognize that they are a barrier between us and God, something hateful and to be despised. Turning from them won't save us, only Jesus can save us, but out of love we turn from them.

Psalms
{85:8} I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
{85:9} Surely his salvation [is] nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
{85:10} Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
{85:11} Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
{85:12} Yea, the LORD shall give [that which is] good; and our land shall yield her increase.
{85:13} Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set [us] in the way of his steps.

Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Jesus is all truth, all mercy in Him is all righteousness and peace.

May God help us to accept the love of Jesus into our hearts, to ask for forgiveness and accept the grace and mercy He alone offers. May we offer up our lives to Him, and seek to turn from our sins, from our follies and towards Him and Him alone, through His grace, through His strength and righteousness...

Amen!