Be ye therefore merciful,
as your Father also is merciful .
Luke 6:36
"Mercy is an attribute that the human agent may share with God, thus cooperating with Him.
Mercy and the love of God purify the soul and beautify the heart, cleansing the life from selfishness.
Mercy implies the imperfection of the object upon which it is bestowed.
Because of man's imperfection, mercy was brought into active existence.
Sin is not the object of God's love,
but of His hatred.
Yet He pities the sinner, because the guilty one bears the Creator's image.
God's love and mercy are ever extended toward sinners.
Shall men who themselves have sinned against God,
refuse to forgive and accept a repentant sinner?"
That I May know Him p.47 E.G.W.