The Blessing of Mercifulness
S. A. Brooke. Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. I. What is the CHARACTER of this mercifulness? It is a quality exercised between man and man independent of written law, and which is not so much certain acts of forgiveness as a temper of the soul. It is a temper which makes him who has it not so much sorry that he has been injured, but sorry that the injurer should have the heart to do the wrong. All memory of wrong fades from him. II. THE REWARD. Christ did not mean a man to be merciful for the sake of obtaining mercy, but as a necessary result he would obtain it. Mercy is the reward of mercy. (S. A. Brooke.) Parallel Verses KJV: Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. WEB: Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.