Rev. Paul J. Miller – Sermon Outline – November 18, 2018
Series Title: “This is What God Requires”
Today’s Title: "To Love Mercy"
Today’s Text: Micah 6:8 & Matthew 9:9-13
KINDNESS & MERCY COME FROM THE HEART OF GOD - - WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART?
Micah 6:8 – “to love mercy”?
How far does the mercy of God go?
To Nineveh in the days of Jonah
JONAH DID NOT LOVE MERCY (Jonah 4:1-4)
To the Tax Collectors in the Gospels
Matthew (Matthew 9:9-13)
‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ ( v13 from Hosea 6:6)
THE PHARISEES DID NOT LOVE MERCY
Zacchaeus (Luke 19:1-10)
“All the people….began to mutter,” (19:7)
“THE PEOPLE” DID NOT LOVE MERCY
Parable of the Pharisee & the Tax Collector (Luke 18:9-14)
THE PHARISEE DID NOT LOVE MERCY
The Roman Centurion (Matthew 8:5-13)
The demon possessed man in Gerasenes (Mark 5:1-20)
The Samaritan woman at the well (John 4)
- The criminals crucified next to Christ (Luke 23:39-43)
Paul on mercy, kindness, & repentance
- Romans 2:4
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
How freely do you extend the kindness & mercy of God?
Grudgingly? Hesitantly? Conditionally? Dutifully?
Lovingly?
KINDNESS & MERCY COME FROM THE HEART OF GOD
WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART?
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