"God's mercy is His tenderhearted, loving compassion for His people. It is His tenderness of heart toward the needy. If grace contemplates humans as sinful, guilty, and condemned, mercy sees them as miserable and needy" (Erickson, p. 266).

Mercy simply defined by Chuck Swindoll: "God doesn't give us what we deserve: hell, judgement, condemnation, etc." (Insight for Living, 2013).