Grace and Mercy!

Mercy & Grace

Mercy withholds the knife from the heart of Isaac.

Grace provides a lamb in the thicket.

Genesis 22:11-14

Mercy runs to forgive the prodigal.

Grace throws a party with a robe, a ring, and a fatted calf.

Luke 15:20-24

Mercy hears the cries of the thief on the cross.

Grace promises paradise that very day.

Luke 23:39-43

Mercy converts Paul on the road to Damascus.

Grace calls him to be an apostle.

Acts 9:1-6, 17

Mercy keeps us out of Hell.

Grace takes us to heaven.

Ephesians 2:8-9

And the difference between mercy and grace is this . . .

Mercy withholds from us what we deserve.

Grace gives us what we do not deserve.

Romans 5:20