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THE NATURE OF GOD
THE DIVINE
MERCY |
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CEDOMIL VUGRINCIC, M.D., Ph.D. |
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Mercy
is simply justice tempered by that wisdom which grows out of perfection of
knowledge and the full recognition of the natural weaknesses and
environmental handicaps of finite creatures.
"Our God is full of compassion, gracious,
long-suffering, and plenteous in mercy." Therefore "whosoever calls
upon the Lord shall be saved," "for He will abundantly
pardon." "The mercy of the Lord is from
everlasting to everlasting"; yes, "His mercy endures forever."
"I am the Lord who executes
loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these
things I delight." "I do not afflict willingly nor grieve
the children of men," for I am "the Father of mercies and the God
of all comfort." God is inherently kind, naturally
compassionate, and everlastingly merciful. And never it is necessary that any
influence be brought to bear upon the Father to call forth His
loving-kindness. The creature's need is wholly sufficient to insure the full
flow of the Father's tender mercies and His saving grace. Since God knows all
about His children, it is easy for Him to forgive. The better man understands
his neighbor, the easier it will be to forgive him, even to love him. Discernment of infinite wisdom enables a
righteous God to minister justice and mercy at the same time and in any given
universe situation. The heavenly Father is never torn by conflicting
attitudes towards His universe children; God is never a victim of attitudinal
antagonisms. God's all-knowingness unfailingly directs His
free will in the choosing of that universe conduct which perfectly,
simultaneously, and equally satisfies the demands of all His divine
attributes and the infinite qualities of His eternal nature. Mercy is the natural and inevitable offspring of
goodness and love. The good nature of a loving Father could not possibly
withhold the wise ministry of mercy to each member of every group of His
universe children. Eternal justice and divine mercy together constitute what
in human experience would be called fairness. Divine mercy represents a fairness technique
of adjustment between the universe levels of perfection and imperfection.
Mercy is the justice of Supremacy adapted to the situations of the evolving
finite, the righteousness of eternity modified to meet the highest interests
and universe welfare of the children of time. Mercy is not a contravention of
justice but rather an understanding interpretation of the demands of supreme
justice as it is fairly applied to the subordinate spiritual beings and to
the material creatures of the evolving universes. Mercy is the justice of the
Reference: The Urantia
Book, Paper 2, Section 4 (edit/modif.)
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