# “His mercy is without end” by Herman Bavinck

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“The goodness of God, when shown to those in misery, is called mercy (רָחֲמִים, 
σπλαγχνα, viscera, misericordia; NT: ἐλεος, οἰκτιρμος).

Time and again Scripture refers to this mercy of God (Exod. 34:6; Deut. 4:31; 2 
Chron. 30:9; Ps. 86:15; 103:8; 111:3; 112:4; 145:8), as it contrasts with the attitude
of humans (2 Sam. 24:14; Prov. 12:10; Dan. 9:9, 18).

His mercy is great (2 Sam. 24:14; Ps. 119:156; Neh. 9:19; Ps. 51:12), without end(
Lam. 3:22), tender like that of a father (Ps. 103:13), is shown to thousands (Exod.
20:6), and after periods of chastisement returns (Isa. 14:1; 49:13ff.; 54:8; 55:
7; 60:10; Jer. 12:15; 30:18; 31:20; Hos. 2:22; Mic. 7:19).

In the New Testament God, the Father of mercies (2 Cor. 1:3), has revealed His mercy
in Christ (Luke 1:50ff.), who is a merciful high priest (Matt. 18:27; 20:34; etc.;
Heb. 2:17) and further shows the riches of His mercy (Eph. 2:4) in the salvation
of believers (Rom. 9:23; 11:30; 1 Cor. 7:25; 2 Cor. 4:1; 1 Tim. 1:13; Heb. 4:16.)”

–Herman Bavinck, Ed. John Bolt and trans. John Vriend, [_Reformed Dogmatics, Volume 2: God and Creation_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0801026555?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2004), 213.

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