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Lesson # 6

Lesson # 6. Various Translations of Matthew 5:7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (KJV) God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy! (CEV) Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them! (GNB TEV)

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Lesson # 6

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  1. Lesson # 6

  2. Various Translations of Matthew 5:7 • Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. (KJV) • God blesses those people who are merciful. They will be treated with mercy! (CEV) • Happy are those who are merciful to others; God will be merciful to them! (GNB TEV) • Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. (NASV) • Those who show mercy to others are happy, because God will show mercy to them. (NCV)

  3. Various Translations of Matthew 5:7 • Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (NIV) • God blesses those who are merciful, for they will be shown mercy. (NLTV) • Blessed 3107 are the merciful: 1655 for 3754 they 846 shall 1653 5701 obtain mercy. 1653 - The King James Version, with Strong’s Numbering and Mood Tense and Voice (Cambridge: Cambridge) 1769.

  4. Analysis of the Text • Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed 3107are the merciful: 1655 for 3754 they 846 shall 1653 5701 obtain mercy. 1653” (KJV) • 3107makarios { mak-ar’-ee-os} • a prolonged form of the poetical makar (meaning the same); TDNT - 4:362, 548; adj • AV - blessed 44, happy 5, happier 1; 50 • GK - 3421 { makavrio" } • blessed, happy • Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) 1995.

  5. Analysis of the Text • Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed 3107 are the merciful: 1655 for 3754 they 846 shall 1653 5701 obtain mercy. 1653” (KJV) • 1655eleemon { el-eh-ay’-mone} • from 1653; TDNT - 2:485, 222; adj • AV - merciful 2 • GK - 1798 { ejlehvmwn } • merciful • Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) 1995.

  6. Analysis of the Text • Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed 3107 are the merciful: 1655 for 3754 they 846 shall 1653 5701 obtain mercy. 1653” (KJV) • 1653eleeo { el-eh-eh’-o} from 1656; TDNT - 2:477, 222; v - AV - have mercy on 14, obtain mercy 8, show mercy 2, have compassion 1, have compassion on 1, have pity on 1, have mercy 1, have mercy upon 1, receive mercy 1; 31 • GK - 1796 { ejleevw} & 1790 { ejleavw } • to have mercy on • to help one afflicted or seeking aid • to help the afflicted, to bring help to the wretched • to experience mercy • For synonyms see entry 3628, oikturmos. See entry 5842 for comparison of synonyms. • Enhanced Strong’s Lexicon, (Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.) 1995.

  7. Analysis of the Text • Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed 3107 are the merciful: 1655 for 3754[5723] they 846 shall 1653 [5701] obtain mercy. 1653” (KJV) • 5723 • Tense - Present See 5774 • Voice - Active See 5784 • Mood - Participle See 5796 • Count - 2549 • Tense Voice Mood, (Ontario: Woodside Bible Fellowship) 1994.

  8. Analysis of the Text • Matthew 5:7 – “Blessed 3107 are the merciful: 1655 for 3754[5723] they 846 shall 1653 [5701] obtain mercy. 1653” (KJV) • 5701 • Tense - Future See 5776 • Voice - Passive See 5786 • Mood - Indicative See 5791 • Count - 251 • Tense Voice Mood, (Ontario: Woodside Bible Fellowship) 1994.

  9. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • Mercy is translated from the Greek word “eleos”. • Thayer defines “eleos” as "mercy; kindness or good will towards the miserable and afflicted, joined with a desire to relieve them again, “that of men: readiness to help those in trouble" • (Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon Of The New Testament, p. 203). • Vine defines eleos as "the outward manifestation of pity; it assumes need on the part of him who receives it, and resources adequate to meet the need on the part of him who shows it" • (W.E. Vine, Vine's Expository Dictionary Of New Testament Words, p. 742)

  10. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • One of the things that God had emphasized over and over to His national kingdom (Israel) was the need for “mercy”. • Even though this was stressed there in the Old Testament, it was not learned by very many. Notice the following verses: • First, It Should Be Learned From Knowing God. Ps 108:4 • For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. (KJV) • Ps 130:7 • O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is abundant redemption. (NKJ)

  11. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • It was a basic principle of the tender heart. Prov 3:3 • Let not mercy and truth forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart, (NKJ) • Proverbs 21:21 • He who follows righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness and honor. (NKJ) • Hosea 6:6 • For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. (KJV) • Micah 6:8 • He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? (NKJ) • Zech 7:9-10 • "Thus says the LORD of hosts: 'Execute true justice, show mercy and compassion everyone to his brother. Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the alien or the poor. Let none of you plan evil in his heart against his brother.' (NKJ)

  12. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • Mercy requires two elements, a certain attitude towards others accompanied by the appropriate action. • Mercy requires the attitude of pity and compassion upon those who are miserable and needy. • However, mercy is not mere pity or "going easy" on someone, or being "permissive.“ • Mercy is never merely an attitude, it is also an action. • As Paul instructs in Romans, mercy is "shown" (Rom. 12:8). • Mercy requires the action of moving to alleviate or assist the one pitied (See, Lk. 10:30-35; 18:13; Mt. 9:35-38; 17:15). • Mercy is a pity that motivates action, a desire to help.

  13. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • While meekness suggests a passive quality, mercy is an active quality. • The meek will bear, the merciful will forbear. • Mercy involves at least two persons, the one in need of mercy and the one who shows mercy upon the needy. • Mercy is needed by those who are miserable and afflicted. • Those in need of mercy include those physically suffering, the blind (Mt. 9:27; Mk. 9:47), the hungry (Mt. 12:7), lepers (Lk. 17:13), the sick (Phil. 2:27), those who grieve (Lk. 1:58), those who suffer at the hands of others (Lk. 10:37). • Mercy is needed by those who suffer spiritually with sin (Mt. 9:13; Eph. 2:4)

  14. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • Jehovah is a God of mercy (Ex. 34:6-7). • God has shown mercy to men (Eph. 2:4). • God's mercy is rich (Eph. 2:4) and by it men are saved (Tit. 3:5). • God's mercy, his great love and grace, have been shown to all men. • “For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all” • Through his plan of salvation through Jesus Christ (Rom. 11:32).

  15. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • Though God has shown mercy to all men, not all have accepted his mercy and obeyed the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. • As Peter explained those who "obtained mercy" were those who believed and were obedient (1 Pet. 2:7-10). • Christians must, "keep (them)selves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life" (Jude 1:21). • Jesus commanded his disciples to show mercy after the example of their merciful Father, "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful" (Lk. 6:36). • Paul urged Christians to show mercy and forgiveness to others upon the ground that they had received mercy from God (Eph. 4:32; Col. 3:13). • This command to be merciful was not new. God has always required his people to be merciful. • "He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?" (Micah 6:8).

  16. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • Jesus condemned those who failed or refused to show mercy, • "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone" (Mt. 23:23). • How can Christians show mercy? • Christians must show mercy towards those in physical need. • In the parable of the Good Samaritan, mercy was shown on the man who was robbed, beaten and left for dead (Lk. 10:30-37).

  17. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • It is interesting to note that the word "alms" in Greek (eleemosune) is another form of the word for "mercy" (eleos). • Giving alms to the poor and needy is an act of mercy and it is used frequently by Luke (See, Mt. 6:2-4; Lk. 11:41; 12:33; Acts 3:2, 3, 10; 9:36; 10:2, 4, 31; 24:17). • Christians must show mercy towards those in spiritual need. • For those in sin, Christians should feel pity and compassion that moves them to act and assist the lost towards salvation.

  18. Understanding The Text of Matthew 5:7 • It was the mercy of Jesus that caused him to send out "laborers," preachers, to preach the message of salvation to the lost (Mt. 9:10-13, 36-38). • Christians must show mercy upon those who sin against them by being willing to forgive when asked (See, Mt. 18:21-35; Eph. 4:32). • Consider the example of Joseph who in mercy forgave his brothers for their horrible jealousy and mistreatment of him (Gen. 45:4-5; 50:15-21)

  19. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • Calvinist commentators try vainly to twist this simple and beautiful beatitude to say exactly the opposite of what it actually says. Jesus said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." • The Calvinist commentator turns this around and says, "Because they have already obtained mercy, therefore are they merciful" (Martin Lloyd-Jones, Studies In The Sermon On The Mount, p. 105). • In other words, the Calvinist argues that receiving God's mercy cannot be conditioned upon one being merciful, because salvation is unconditional and men cannot possibly show mercy because of their "sinful nature."

  20. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • As another commentator writes, • "It is not that God requires us to be merciful in order to obtain His mercy--that would be to overthrow the whole scheme of grace--but having been made the recipient of His wondrous grace, I cannot now but act graciously toward others" (Arthur Pink, An Exposition Of The Sermon On The Mount, p. 30). • The Calvinist position is contrary to numerous plain and simple statements in the scriptures. • Throughout the scriptures receiving mercy is conditioned upon being merciful.

  21. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • This principle of retribution is taught in the Old Testament, • "Therefore the Lord hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright. With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury" (2 Sam. 22:26-27; See also, Psa. 18:25-26). • This principle is repeated by Jesus in the New Testament. • When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, they were to pray "and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors" (Mt. 6:12). • Jesus explained that one must be forgiving to receive forgiveness. "But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses" (Mt. 6:15; See also Mt. 18:35; Mk. 11:25).

  22. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • How will the merciful receive mercy? • Those who show mercy will generally be more likely to receive mercy from other men. • "The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh" (Prov. 11:17). • "He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he" (Prov. 14:21). • On the other hand, the one who shows little or no mercy will not receive any mercy. • "Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard" (Prov. 21:13).

  23. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • Jesus taught that if we follow after the example of our merciful heavenly Father, we will be blessed. • "Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again" (Lk. 6:36-38). • Those who show mercy will be rewarded with mercy from God. • "He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour" (Prov. 21:21).

  24. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • The merciful are saved by the rich mercy of God (Eph. 2:4). • God's mercy has provided the means of salvation whereby men might receive the forgiveness of their sins and be saved. • "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost" (Tit. 3:5). • "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you" (1 Pet. 1:3-4).

  25. The Promise to Obtain Mercy • God's mercy is not only upon the merciful in the present with the forgiveness of sins and salvation, but God's mercy will also be displayed in the future at the final judgment. • God will reward or punish men based upon the deeds they have done in the body (Eccl. 12:14; 2 Cor. 5:10; Col. 3:25). • One of the qualities upon which God will judge all men is mercy. • Accordingly, God's retributive justice teaches us that "judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy" and that God will be merciful to those who have shown mercy, then "Mercy triumphs over judgment" (James 2:13; 2 Tim. 1:16-18).

  26. The Application of God’s Mercy! • The application of God's mercy at judgment upon the merciful is seen in Jesus' description in Matthew 25. • Those who showed mercy to the hungry, sick and unfortunate were shown mercy and were rewarded, those who were without mercy received no mercy at judgment and were sent into eternal punishment (Mt. 25:31-46).

  27. Matthew 5:7 “Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.” The King James Version

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