The Blessing of True Spiritual Mercy

The writer to the Hebrews tells us that the word of God is sharper than any double-edged sword, judging the thoughts and attitudes of the heart (Heb. 4:12). Nowhere is that scalpel more searching or revealing than in the laser-focused words of Jesus known to us as the Beatitudes. They are – to an examination of the spiritual life – the equivalent of taking a house down to the studs. An opportunity to see what we’re really made of below the surface of our familiar practices and assumed beliefs. We turn now from the four characteristics concerning our relationship to God to the four concerning our relationship with others, beginning with the first and foundational characteristic, in Matthew 5:7, in a message entitled “The Blessing of True Spiritual Mercy”.