Unexpected Secret to Real Happiness Good Samaritans? | May 1, 2016

Text: Luke 10:30-37 (p. 868)

Mercy _____ as mercy ________.

Mercy isn’t merely a feeling or general outlook on life. Mercy is part of the way we live life; it’s sympathy in

___________.

We live in a “pull yourself up by your own ________________” kind of world.

And what it means is that we should take care of ourselves and not need anyone else. We should be

___________ and not need mercy.

Because of his great love for us, God, who is _____________ in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when

we were dead in transgressions - it is by grace you have been saved. Ephesians 2:4–5

We’ve been _____________ by the mercy of God and the mercy of God’s people.

So it shouldn’t surprise us that our joy – happiness – ___________ ___________ is tied not to feelings of pity

or sympathy but a lifestyle that has as part of it mercy.

Mercy is relieving the ______________ of others.

Mercy is showing kindness to our _____________.

The audacity of a Samaritan helping a Jew in that day would be like a ________ _____________ stopping to help

an ____________________ who had been beaten and robbed. The hatred between Jew and Samaritan was that

strong.

What if the person at work who always seems to be ___________ of you – what if you were simply nice and

cordial to them or even complemented them?

What if the person at school who makes fun of you for living out your Christian faith – what if you said

something nice to them every time you saw them, _______________ them every time you were around them.

Mercy is ______________ those who _________.

Shouldn’t you have had _____________ on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master

turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed. “This is how my heavenly

Father will treat each of you unless you ____________ your brother from your heart.” Matthew 18:33–35

We can’t show mercy in every situation we encounter or hear about. That’s ________________. Jesus didn’t do that.

If all of us showed mercy as the _____________ __________ us, leaning into a life characterized by mercy –

imagine what we can do in our community? In our world?