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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Moroni 10:3 - What are some examples of times when God has shown mercy?

The Lord says to "remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts." It seems that "it" refers to God's mercy, and He commands us to ponder "it" in our hearts. What are some examples of times when God shows mercy?

Deuteronomy 5:10 - God is merciful to those who keep His commandments.

Deuteronomy 7:9 - The Lord loves us, and when we make covenants with Him he keeps His end of the covenant and shows mercy to those that love Him and keep His commandments. 

Isaiah 16:5 - In the Millennium when Christ comes to rule on earth, His throne will be established "in mercy." He will remove the captivity of the people.

Isaiah 54:7 - In the latter days (our day), God's "great mercies" allow for the gathering of Israel.

John 8:11 - Jesus was merciful unto the adulterous woman; He forgave her completely of her sin.

Titus 3:5 - Through God's mercy, we are able to be saved through baptism by water and by "fire." Our sins are washed away and we are given the gift of the Holy Ghost to guide us.

1 Peter 1:3 - God's "abundant mercy" gives us a "lively hope" for resurrection from the dead and for salvation.

1 Peter 2:9-10 - The early saints of the church obtained God's mercy because they praised God and sought His light and direction. They became people of God, "a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people."

1 Nephi 13:33 - God will be merciful unto the Gentiles in the great and last judgment day.

2 Nephi 1:2-3 - God was merciful unto Lehi and his family because he warned them that Jerusalem would be destroyed.

Alma 9:10-11 - God delivered His people out of the hands of their enemies many times, and He preserved them from being destroyed. "If it had not been for his matchless power, and his mercy, and his long-suffering towards us, we should unavoidably have been cut off from the face of the earth long before this period of time, and perhaps been consigned to a state of endless misery and woe."

Alma 15:10-11 - God showed mercy unto Zeezrom by healing him from his burning fever (Zeezrom had previously sought to accuse Alma and Amulek in order to get gain and to destroy that which was good). Because of God's mercy and Zeezrom's faith, Zeezrom was healed and baptized into the church, and he began to preach the truth unto the people.

Ether 11:8 - The Lord was merciful unto the Jaredites according to their repentance.

Moroni 8:19 - Little children cannot repent, so God shows pure mercy unto them. "They are alive in him because of his mercy."

Doctrine & Covenants 1:29 - Joseph Smith was able to translate the Book of Mormon through the mercy and power of God.

D&C 101:9 - In the "day of wrath", or the Millennium when Christ comes to rule and reign on the earth, He will show mercy towards the saints, despite their transgressions. God will have compassion towards the saints; He will gather them and comfort them.

D&C 128:19 - "Now, what do we hear in the gospel which we have received? A voice of gladness! A voice of mercy from heaven. . . . How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of those that bring glad tidings of good things, and that say unto Zion: Behold, thy God reigneth!"

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