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Mercy, “Have Mercy ”

Two thieves hung on a cross, each one beside Jesus Christ.

Each thief had a testimony and its meaning was

precise.One man saw another man who did no evil, but

was servedA death sentence for a rap that He did not

deserve.The man he saw on the cross was no thief and

no liar,And certainly not one who was worthy of hell’s

fire. Yet, He hung there on a cross, with two thieves

in viewAnd was crucified for some crimes that He did

not do.To one thief, the thought of getting help at this

time was absurd.

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But the other thief was spared because heheard

 Christ’s every Word.Since even hanging on the cross, of Calvary’s

tree Jesus still brought light and hope, so that a

dying thief could see. Jesus opened up the door to Paradise and let

him in,Even though this man had committed terrible

sin.

When He saw the Savior, he knew Christ’s

mission wellAnd knew that when he died he was going to be

in hell.So he reached for something that we all one day

will needand came to understand that this friend was his

friend indeed.Mercy was his friend when all else failed and

came acrossWhen this man needed it most ‘Cause he was

found, not lost.He repented of his sins by acknowledging his

wrong,And refused to sing to Jesus the other thief’s

song.Mercy showed up and out, when needed the

most,Even for a thief who surely had no cause toboast.

Mercy was his friend because time and mercywere given

 Justifiable means for this man to keep on living.

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This man was a sinner, but a sinner not tooproud

to have mercy follow him, and mercy wasallowed.

He said to Jesus, “Have mercy on me in this evilday.”

 Yet the other man on the cross was dying thesame way

And he has some hateful words that he diddisplay,

As if he had no mercy and did say what he didsay.

He acted as if  Jesus merited what they receivedand got His just do without consequences to

retrieve.The man who was given mercy did speak and

was right,when he said Jesus did not deserve this vicious

plight. Jesus responded with mercy and told the thief 

on the right side“Today you will be in Paradise.”

His sin found a place to hide.On that great day, a sinner was given liberty,

That we may know that the grace of God is free.It will erase all my sins when faith is the keythat allows us to access mercy because if we

gave mercy the place that it was looking for, solong

then we chose to let it help us and forgive us of 

our wrong.Mercy was the difference between pardons forthe two.

One man said “Yes, Mercy, yes mercy, I do knowyou.”

But the other man had a totally different view,

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Since this was something he simply could notdo.

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