When did Mercy call your name? The stories vary as much as do our place of birth and our height and weight…but no worries, I won’t go there! There are several pictures in the New Testament where Jesus called people by name… I think of Zacchaeus, a short man who climbed a tree to see Jesus, and as Jesus passed by He called him by name.

When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today.”  ~Luke‬ ‭19:5‬

Zacchaeus knew he did not deserve such a visit, he was the chief tax collector, a sinner and judged harshly by religious leaders of that day. But Jesus sought him out and salvation came to him and his house. Mercy had called his name!

Then there is the woman caught in adultery. We don’t know her name but Mercy met her in the very midst of her sin and shame. It was a set-up, the Pharisees brought her to the temple courts where Jesus was teaching and said they had caught her in the very act of adultery. They had stones in the their hands, ready to kill her.

The law stated that both the man and the woman caught in adultery were to be stoned… Where was the man? The Pharisees weren’t concerned about the woman, they just wanted to trap Jesus. But Jesus was not concerned about their trap…He was only concerned for the woman.

He then stooped down and wrote something on the ground, He did it twice. We have no idea what He wrote, but we do know that every accuser dropped his stone and walked away. Then Mercy called her name, He only used her formal name, Woman, but it was the tone of Mercy that mattered most.

Jesus straightened up and asked her, “Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?” “No one, sir,” she said. “Then neither do I condemn you,” Jesus declared. “Go now and leave your life of sin.”  ~John‬ ‭8:10-11‬

This woman could truly say, “I’m alive, I’m alive because He lives!” …and so can you and I! Amen?

I hope you enjoy today’s music video…

Because He Lives (Amen) – MATT MAHER

I believe in the Son
I believe in the risen One
I believe I overcome
By the power of His blood

Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives

I was dead in the grave
I was covered in sin and shame
I heard mercy call my name
He rolled the stone away

Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends

Because He lives
I can face tomorrow
Because He lives
Every fear is gone
I know He holds my life my future in His hands

Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends

Amen, Amen
I’m alive, I’m alive
Because He lives
Amen, Amen
Let my song join the one that never ends
Because He lives
Because He lives

SONGWRITERS
MATT MAHER, JASON INGRAM, ED CASH, CHRIS TOMLIN, DANIEL CARSON, BILL GAITHER, GLORIA GAITHER

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