Mercy, judgment and truth

Mar 3:1 And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.
Mar 3:2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.
Mar 3:3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.
Mar 3:4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.
Mar 3:5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mar 3:6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

Hardness of heart, a heart of stone as hard as the stone tablets that were engraved with the law. Jesus came to them with healing mercies and truth. They wanted to kill him as if to beat him to death with the stone tablet. Using the law to condemn with hateful hearts and there are so many like this in the religions of the world. Jesus had compassion on a man with a withered hand on the Sabbath in the synagogue. There are churches that meet on their Sabbaths and there are synagogues that gather the people on the Sabbath to hear the law preached, but what of mercy and truth? What of mercy and judgement?

Psa 85:9 Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Psa 85:10 Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Psa 85:11 Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

Pro 14:22 Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Deu 32:4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Isa 42:3 A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.

Jesus brought judgment and truth to the hard hearted Pharisees. They had no mercy, for they proceeded to find a way to kill their Messiah. That is what happens when law is not mixed with judgment and mercy.

Jer 4:1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove.
Jer 4:2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
Jer 4:3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns.
Jer 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Mat 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Mat 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

We must not be hard hearted using the law to destroy, but we are to have hearts of mercy and compassion, using good judgment from God. Beware of thoughts that destroy and words spoken that tear down others. Seek to bring healing to souls and bodies through our Lord Jesus Christ. Be a blessing as He blesses you and do not limit the moving of God in our midst.