Sunday Worship Service Livestream


October 5, 2025
  • Welcome and Announcements
  • Who You Say I Am
  • Prayer of Invocation
  • Blessed Assurance Jesus is Mine
  • He Knows My Name
  • Scripture Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10
  • Way Maker
  • Pastor's Message - Mercy Me
  • "Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus (Trust In Jesus)



Ephesians 2:1-10

  • 1 And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
    2 in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience.
    3 Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
    4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
    5 even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved),
    6 and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,
    7 so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
    8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
    9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
    10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.


SERMON NOTES - Mercy Me

INTRODUCTION
  • In the fifth Beatitude Jesus said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy" (Matthew 5:7).
  • To be blessed means to have an inner joy and contentment that comes from being in right relationship with God, an inner satisfaction and sufficiency that does not depend on outward circumstances for happiness. To be blessed is not about material prosperity or favorable circumstances, but about a spiritual state of well-being and prosperity, in essence to have God's favor and approval.

MERCY IS MORE THAN A FEELING
  • Mercy begins with simple recognition that someone is hurting around you. But mere seeing or feeling isn't mercy. Mercy moves from feeling to action. It is active compassion for those in need or distress.
  • "In its adjectival form it describes those who take active steps to help others by whose misery they have been moved. The merciful will certainly feel pity and compassion towards those in need, but they will express these emotions by taking practical steps to relieve the misery that triggered their concern. The difference between emotions and actions can be seen in something the Apostle John wrote: 'Let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth' (1 John 3:18). Telling people we are sorry for them is no substitute for giving whatever help we can." - Blanchard
  • Ray Pritchard explains that mercy includes three elements: (1) "I see the need"-that's recognition. (2) "I am moved by the need"-that's motivation. (3) "I move to meet the need"-that's action.

MERCY IS MEANT FOR THE UNDESERVING
  • Grace and mercy highlight different aspects of our salvation. You have probably heard that justice is getting what we do deserve, mercy is not getting what we do deserve, and grace is getting what we do not deserve.
  • Grace gives; mercy withholds. Grace pours out blessing. Mercy holds back wrath.
  • "Both are astonishing. Both are undeserved. Both are at the very center of salvation. And if you confuse them, you'll either think too lightly of your sin-or too little of your Savior." - Darin Smith

MERCY IS A MEASURE OF OUR FAITH
  • Being merciful is a characteristic that demands of us a disposition of heart and life that is contrary to human nature.
  • Followers of Jesus must be people of mercy; because they have found mercy, and mercy has found them.