Quotes about Mercy
The natural faculties are not all that compose a person; God has, "in great mercy," left the conscience.1 Sibbes taught that the conscience in man acts as God's "vicar; a little god in us to do his office, to call upon us, direct us, check and condemn us.
— Mark Dever
Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.
— Oscar Wilde
Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.
— Stephen Colbert
There is no saint without a past, no sinner without a future.
— St. Augustine
God's grace and mercy have brought you through. Quit acting as if you made it on your own.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If I had not felt certain that every additional trial was ordered by infinite love and mercy, I could not have survived my accumulated sufferings.
— Adoniram Judson
Grace is given to heal the spiritually sick, not to decorate spiritual heroes
— Martin Luther
Forgiveness is God's command.
— Martin Luther
God wants us to pray, and he wants to hear our prayers—not because we are worthy, but because he is merciful.
— Martin Luther
Everything bad in the Old Testament (and there's a lot) is there to point out our sin, while everything good in the Old Testament is there to point us to our Savior.
— Martin Luther
God is wrath and God is mercy. The State is the instrument of his wrath, the Church of his mercy
— Martin Luther
The Gospel is to aggrandize Christ and the mercy of God.
— Martin Luther