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Mercy forgiving; compassionate; withholding of the punishment or judgement our sins deserve

Psalm 6:1-3      God's Justice vs Mercy  David accepted God's punishment, but he begged God not to discipline him out of anger, Jeremiah also asked God to correct him gently and not in anger (Jeremiah 10:24).  David recognized that if God treated him with justice alone and not with mercy, he would be wiped out by God's wrath.  Often we want God to show mercy to us and justice to everyone else.  God in his kindness forgives us instead of giving us what we deserve.

Zechariah 3:2-4      How we receive it Zechariah's vision graphically portrays how we receive God's mercy.  We do nothing ourselves.  God removes our filthy clothes (sins), then provides us with fine, new clothes (the righteousness and the holiness of God-2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 4:24, Revelations 19:8).  All we need to do dis repent and as God to forgive us.  When Satan tries to make you dirty and unworthy, remember that the clean clothes of Christ's unrighteousness make you worthy to draw near to God.   Ephesians 4:32      God's Mercy is what forgives us This is Christ's law of forgiveness as taught in the Gospel (Matthew 6:14,15; 18:35; Mark 11:25).  We also see it in the Lord's Prayer-"Forgive us our sins, just as we have forgiven those who sinned against us."  God forgives us, not because we forgive others but solely because of his great Mercy.  As we come to understand his Mercy, however we will want to be like him,  Having received forgiveness, we will pass it on to others.  Those who are unwilling to forgive have not become one with Christ, who was willing to forgive even those who crucified him (Luke 23:34)

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