Mercy and Truth Have Met Together; Righteousness and Peace have Kissed

Mercy and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed. Truth shall spring out of the earth, And righteousness shall look down from heaven. Yes, the LORD will give what is good; And our land will yield its increase.  Righteousness will go before Him, And shall make His footsteps our pathway.--Psalm 85:10-13

To My Daughters,

These four verses are worship worthy!!! Mercy, truth, righteousness and peace...these are what became mine when I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior. On that day I received not only mercy for my sins, but Him who is Truth came to me and made His home in my heart.  He imputed to me!!!  His righteousness and bestowed upon me!!!! His peace.  There really are no words to describe the feeling or the gift.

The future kingdom of Christ will be characterized by these qualities.  "Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed."  Mercy and truth met in the person of Jesus Christ.  Jesus said that He is the way, the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Him.  Jesus is the Word of God...the truth.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.  He was in the beginning with God.  All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made.In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. ---John 1:1-5


God's great work of redemption brought it all together.  His mercy evidenced by the redemption of His chosen people and the conversion of the Gentiles.  His truth in the fulfillment of His word to redeem His people. His righteousness satisfying God's justice by punishing sin, and laying our iniquity...all of it...on His Righteous Son, who knew no sin but became sin for us dying  in our place on the cross at Calvary. An infinite God reached down to earth and gave His only begotten Son for man so that they could have the opportunity to spend eternity with Him.  Wow!  He then imputes His righteousness and peace (His reconciliation) upon us, the guilty, when we surrender to Him....when we cry out in faith and His Spirit of Grace fills us and enables us to walk before Him and make His footsteps our pathway because we have now been clothed in His righteousness and have obtained peace with Him.  Rest is ours..God is on our side. 

No weapon formed against you shall prosper, And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their righteousness is from Me," Says the LORD. --Isaiah 54:17

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Mom who thinks these have now become her favorite verses in the bible..