In this sermon preached at St. Thomas Lutheran Church (UAC) in Magnolia, Texas, Pastor Stanley Lacey explores Jesus’ words in Luke 6: “Be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.” What does true Christian mercy look like? What does Jesus mean when He tells us not to judge or condemn, but to forgive and give?

Drawing from Luther’s Fourth Sunday after Trinity postil, the sermon addresses the misuse of judgment, the withholding of forgiveness, and the cold calculations of miserliness. We are shown not only the danger of self-righteous condemnation, but the gracious way of Christ, who “erased the record of debt… having nailed it to the cross” (Colossians 2:14).

This message challenges Christians to examine whether we live out the confession we claim, especially in how we treat those who have wronged us. It also reminds us that the Christian life is one of continual mercy—without retirement—until our final rest in Christ.

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