Daily Rhema: Mercy, Justice and Righteousness

James 2:13 KJV
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

Most Christians only have a childish understanding of God (1Cor. 13:11-12): like a two or three year old child facially knows the parents, but does not know or understand the character of the parents.

In this third day, God wants the Church to have a mature knowledge and understanding of Him by understanding mercy, justice and righteousness.

To know and understand God you have to know and understand His mercy, righteousness and justice (Jer. 9:23-24).

The mercy of God is His compassion that causes Him to release a measure of His life through the air upon our lives, to preserve and help us even when we do not deserve it.

The righteousness of God is the right-standing and consequent right-doing in the sight of God that we have in Christ by His blood, His life and the power of the Holy Spirit.

The justice of God is His reward for right-doing and His punishment for wrong-doing.

Now, the mercy of God has to be balanced by His righteousness and justice. God cannot show so much mercy to one person and in so doing be unjust to another.

For instance, God cannot show mercy to men who have rebelled with Satan and gone to hell by releasing them from hell. To do so would be unjust to those who suffered for righteousness sake and will put them in danger of another rebellion in eternity.

So the degree of the mercy God can show to men depends on the degree of the integrity of their hearts: the more honest your heart, the more mercy God can show you.

Let us consider the example of Saul and David. Why did God take His mercy from Saul whereas David’s mercies were sure(2Sam.7:15, Isa.55:3)?

David had a heart that was willing to do all of the will of God (Acts 13:22).
David sowed in righteousness (Hos. 10:12) by not killing Saul when he had the opportunity to do so (1 Sam. 24; 11) to take the short cut to the throne.

Absalom’s rebellion was a consequence of God’s judgement on David’s sin of adultery and murder (2Sam. 12:10-12), but God’s mercy, because of the integrity of David’s heart, reduced the judgement so that David was not killed or destroyed (2 Sam. 12:13).

On the otherhand, Saul had a stubborn and rebellious heart because he did not use the Word of God to develop his heart in humility and love, like David did (1Sam.15:17-29). He was not willing to do the will of God that was inconvenient for his pride or flesh.

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