God's merciful nature is a pervasive theme in Scripture, demonstrating His loving kindness towards humanity. According to Titus, God's mercy brings salvation, not because of human works, but according to His own compassion. The apostle Peter reminds us that Christ's sacrifice on the cross demonstrates the depth of God's mercy, as He bore our sins to bring us to God. The Bible teaches that God's mercy is not limited by human deserving, as seen in Romans, where it is contrasted with the wages of sin, and in James, where God is described as tempting no one, but rather showing mercy to those who suffer.
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He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He tempt anyone.
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
For it is by grace you have been saved through faith, and this not from yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.