Doing Justice and Loving Mercy: Compassion Ministries, Mentor's Guide, MG16

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D O I N G J U S T I C E A N D L O V I N G M E R C Y : C O M P A S S I O N M I N I S T R I E S

The only true and enduring motivation for the ministry of mercy is an experience and grasp of the grace of God in the gospel. If we know we are sinners saved by grace alone, we will be both open and generous to the outcast and the unlovely. ~ Timothy J. Keller. The Ministries of Mercy . Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing, Company, 1997. p. 58.

1. We have been saved by grace through faith.

a. Eph. 2.10

b. Jer. 31.33

c. Jer. 32.39-40

d. 2 Cor. 5.5

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e. 2 Cor. 5.17

f. Phil. 1.6

g. Phil. 2.13

2. We were (and are!) fully undeserving of the grace and mercy that we received.

a. Rom. 5.7-8

b. Isa. 53.6

c. 1 Pet. 3.18

d. 1 John 4.10