True Mercy and Grace (the Godly kind) are always together. Grace is undeserved favor; Mercy is the release from a deserved consequence or punishment.
Human Mercy is granted on a whim, or comes with conditions. It has no Grace with it. God’s Mercy is always by Grace. It comes with no “strings” or hidden clauses. True Grace, and true Mercy, are only possible with God. Whenever we humans try to grant Mercy without God, it still contains our ego and our pride.
How great and how good God is! That He not only is the only source of true Mercy and Grace, but that He grants it so freely to us! He grants us the Mercy and Grace of forgiveness every time we ask for it. He never withholds, and He never tires of our asking.
1Jo 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us [our] sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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