The Tender Mercy of God

My third and final contribution to our church's Advent Devotions



                                                Reading: Luke 1:67-80.

‘because of the tender mercy of our God’

The hope of Christmas isn’t found in us but in the tender mercy of God. We are broken and sinful, and we're a people in darkness deserving only judgement. Richard Sibbes the Puritan often said, ‘There is more mercy in God, than there is sin in us’ and that is the Good news of Christmas. Mark Dever said recently, ‘To understand the God of the Bible, we must have room both for His sin-hating holiness and His sinner-loving mercy.’

The tender mercy of God is where our hope lies, He whom we have offended demands a punishment but in His tender mercy this same God sent His Son, the darling of heaven, to a people in darkness, that they might see the light. He set this plan in motion right at the Fall, where we find his tender mercy promising the redeemer to Adam and Eve- Mercy preparing Christmas in advance.

May God Bless You this Christmas

God Bless

Stephen <><