Quotes about Mercy
God is not hostile to sinners, but only to unbelievers.
— Martin Luther
And God knows I needed to be forgiven. So I had to forgive everybody. And then God - as I read in the word, you're supposed to pray for your enemies. Try that one on.
— Jim Bakker
God grades on the Cross not on the curve.
— Adrian Rogers
God's justice and God's mercy do not quarrel with each other.
— AW Tozer
As mercy is God's goodness confronting human misery and guilt, so grace is his goodness directed toward human debt and demerit.
— AW Tozer
First, forgive. Second, forget by choosing not to dwell on that which is forgiven and in the past. We have no right to keep in front of us what God has put behind Him.
— David Jeremiah
We never know who they are that God will draw, and have nothing to do with it. Our duty is to invite all, and leave it to God to choose the vessels of mercy.
— JC Ryle
Every day of our Christian experience should be a day of relating to God on the basis of His grace alone. We are not only saved by grace, but we also live by grace every day.
— Jerry Bridges
No heart can conceive that treasury of mercies which lies in this one privilege, in having liberty and ability to approach unto God at all times, according to his mind and will.
— John Owen
God's grace and forgiveness, while free to the recipient, are always costly for the giver.
— Timothy Keller
See how ye Pharisee in the Temple stands, And justifies himself with lifted hands. Whilst ye poor publican with downcast eyes, Conscious of guilt to God for mercy cries.
— John Bunyan
We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern.
— Oswald Chambers