The Power of Mercy

How do we say the two things together? This is so difficult because it's not like our Lord said, if your hand calls you sin, cut it off. In fact, but on the other hand, every time the Lord reaches out to a sinner and extends mercy that confounds the legalist of his day. So when the Lord extends mercy to people, he expects them to repent. He expects them to stop sinning. Same with John chapter five, the guy who for 38 years never could be the first one down into the pool to get healed. And the Lord says to him, do you want to be well? Yeah. And he heals on.