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Psalm 26, Wise or fool?

Psa 26:1-3, Vindicate me, O LORD, For I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in the LORD; I shall not slip. Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; Try my mind and my heart. For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth.

David is not saying that he is perfect, but that he has conducted himself in Godly manner; trying to walk in HIS truth; Not just externally, but also in his heart!

2Co 1:12, FOR OUR BOASTING IS THIS: the testimony of our conscience THAT WE CONDUCTED OURSELVES IN THE WORLD IN SIMPLICITY AND GODLY SINCERITY, NOT WITH FLESHLY WISDOM BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, AND MORE ABUNDANTLY TOWARD YOU. 

It is a good thing if we examine our ways, what we do, what we say, how we represent CHRIST to others not in the faith! REMEMBER, WE REPRESENT HIM; WE ARE HIS AMBASSADORS!

Gal 6:4, BUT LET EACH ONE EXAMINE HIS OWN WORK, and then he will have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 

Psa 26:4-5, I have not sat with idolatrous mortals, Nor will I go in with hypocrites. I have hated the assembly of evildoers, And will not sit with the wicked.

WHO DO YOU HANG AROUND WITH? WHO DO YOU CALL FRIENDS?

1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.” 

Psa 26:6-7, I will wash my hands in innocence; So I will go about Your altar, O LORD, That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving, AND TELL OF ALL YOUR WONDROUS WORKS.

This fallen world needs to hear your testimony. How GOD worked in your life; How HE saved you from your sins! YET, IN THE COMPANY OF FOOLS YOU HAVE NO TESTIMONY AND LOST CREDIBILITY!

Pro 13:20, HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL BE DESTROYED.

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Job 32, Wisdom comes from GOD!

Job 32:2, Then the wrath of Elihu, … was aroused against Job; HIS WRATH WAS AROUSED BECAUSE HE JUSTIFIED HIMSELF RATHER THAN GOD..

Job did indeed blamed GOD and justified himself, he has said many wrong things, but they were coming from his grief!

Job 27:2, “As God lives, who has taken away MY JUSTICE, AND THE ALMIGHTY, WHO HAS MADE MY SOUL BITTER,

Job believed that GOD was behind the attack on his life, yet it was satan himself! JOB SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT GOD IS THE DEFINITION OF LOVE AND IT IS AGAINST HIS NATURE TO ATTACK A RIGHTEOUS PERSON; NOT SINLESS, BUT RIGHTEOUS!

1John 4:7-8, BELOVED, LET US LOVE ONE ANOTHER, for LOVE IS OF GOD; and everyone WHO LOVES IS BORN OF GOD AND KNOWS GOD. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE DOES NOT KNOW GOD, FOR GOD IS LOVE.

Job 32:3, ALSO AGAINST HIS THREE FRIENDS HIS WRATH WAS AROUSED, BECAUSE THEY HAD FOUND NO ANSWER, AND YET HAD CONDEMNED JOB. 

His three friends condemned Job without cause without proof, yet that didn’t stop them from saying “IF YOU WERE PURE”?

Job 8:6, IF YOU WERE PURE AND UPRIGHT, SURELY NOW HE WOULD AWAKE FOR YOU, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.

Job 32:8-9, BUT THERE IS A SPIRIT IN MAN, AND THE BREATH OF THE ALMIGHTY GIVES HIM UNDERSTANDING. GREAT MEN ARE NOT ALWAYS WISE, NOR DO THE AGED ALWAYS UNDERSTAND JUSTICE. 

Elihu was young, but he knew that wisdom comes from GOD! With age comes wisdom is a general rule for the troubles of life is a great teacher, YET TRUE WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING ONLY COMES FROM GOD!

Pro 2:6, FOR THE LORD GIVES WISDOM; FROM HIS MOUTH COME KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING; 

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Job 28, True hidden treasure! the LORD!

Job 28:1-2,4, “SURELY THERE IS A MINE FOR SILVER, AND A PLACE WHERE GOLD IS REFINED. IRON IS TAKEN FROM THE EARTH, And copper is smelted from ore. …. HE BREAKS OPEN A SHAFT AWAY FROM PEOPLE; IN PLACES FORGOTTEN BY FEET They hang far away from men; THEY SWING TO AND FRO.

Job is thinking that the earth holds many hidden treasures! Silver, Gold, Iron etc, BUT IT’S HARD WORK TO UN-EARTH! BUT, TO THE DILIGENT THESE TREASURES CAN BE FOUND!

Job 28:12-13, “BUT WHERE CAN WISDOM BE FOUND? AND WHERE IS THE PLACE OF UNDERSTANDING? MAN DOES NOT KNOW ITS VALUE, Nor is it found in the land of the living.

Pro 3:13, Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains understanding; 

Job 28:15-17, IT CANNOT BE PURCHASED FOR GOLD, NOR CAN SILVER BE WEIGHED FOR ITS PRICE. IT CANNOT BE VALUED IN THE GOLD OF OPHIR, IN PRECIOUS ONYX OR SAPPHIRE. NEITHER GOLD NOR CRYSTAL CAN EQUAL IT, NOR CAN IT BE EXCHANGED FOR JEWELRY OF FINE GOLD.

WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING IS BY FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN ANY EARTHLY TREASURE; BUT, WHERE CAN IT BE FOUND?

Job 28:28, And to man He said, ‘BEHOLD, THE FEAR OF THE LORD, THAT IS WISDOM, AND TO DEPART FROM EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.

As silver and gold and all precious stones are found in the earth, TRUE WISDOM IS ONLY FOUND IN HIS WORD! THE DILIGENT, BY READING HIS WORD DAILY, WILL FIND WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING!

Pro 1:7, THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF KNOWLEDGE, BUT FOOLS DESPISE WISDOM AND INSTRUCTION.

Jer 9:23, Thus says the LORD: “LET NOT THE WISE MAN GLORY IN HIS WISDOM, LET NOT THE MIGHTY MAN GLORY IN HIS MIGHT, NOR LET THE RICH MAN GLORY IN HIS RICHES; 

DON’T GLORY IN YOUR WISDOM, IN YOUR STRENGTH OR WEALTH, BUT GLORY IN THAT YOU KNOW THE LORD AND HIS WORD! SEEK THE LORD AND YOU’LL FIND ETERNAL TREASURES AND ETERNAL LIFE!

Jer 9:24, BUT LET HIM WHO GLORIES GLORY IN THIS, THAT HE UNDERSTANDS AND KNOWS ME, THAT I AM THE LORD, EXERCISING LOVINGKINDNESS, JUDGMENT, AND RIGHTEOUSNESS IN THE EARTH. FOR IN THESE I DELIGHT,” SAYS THE LORD. 

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Job 26, used by satan, and the power of GOD!

Job 26:1-3, But Job answered and said: “HOW HAVE YOU HELPED HIM WHO IS WITHOUT POWER? HOW HAVE YOU SAVED THE ARM THAT HAS NO STRENGTH? How have you counseled one who has no wisdom? And how have you declared SOUND ADVICE to many?

Job, speaking to the three friends, HOW HAVE YOU HELPED ME? THEY INITIALLY CAME TO BRING HIM COMFORT, BUT ENDED UP ATTACKING HIM!

Job 13:4, 16:2, BUT YOU FORGERS OF LIES, You are all WORTHLESS PHYSICIANS …. MISERABLE COMFORTERS ARE YOU ALL! 

Job 26:4, To whom have you uttered words? And WHOSE SPIRIT CAME FROM YOU? 

WHAT SPIRIT SPOKE THRU YOU? Remember Peter, satan rebuked JESUS by using Peter! it looks as if satan used these three to further attack Job! JOB 4:15-17!

Matt 16:22-23, THEN PETER TOOK HIM ASIDE AND BEGAN TO REBUKE HIM, …. BUT HE TURNED AND SAID TO PETER, “GET BEHIND ME, SATAN!…

YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE DEMON-POSSESSED FOR SATAN TO INFLUENCE YOU OR SPEAK THROUGH YOU! BE VIGILANT!

1Pe 5:8, BE SOBER, BE VIGILANT; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. 

Job 26:7-8, 13, HE STRETCHES OUT THE NORTH OVER EMPTY SPACE; HE HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING. HE BINDS UP THE WATER IN HIS THICK CLOUDS, YET THE CLOUDS ARE NOT BROKEN UNDER IT…. BY HIS SPIRIT HE ADORNED THE HEAVENS

The power and wisdom of GOD! HE STRETCHES OUT SPACE AND HANGS THE EARTH ON NOTHING! HE CARRIES TONS OF WATER VIA CLOUDS! ONLY THE LORD!

Job 26:14, INDEED THESE ARE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS WAYS, AND HOW SMALL A WHISPER WE HEAR OF HIM! BUT THE THUNDER OF HIS POWER WHO CAN UNDERSTAND?” 

WE ONLY SEE THE MERE EDGES OF HIS STRENGTH! GLORY BE HIS NAME!

Psa 139:6, SUCH KNOWLEDGE IS TOO WONDERFUL FOR ME; IT IS HIGH, I CANNOT ATTAIN IT. 

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Job 6, words without nutrition!

Job 6:1-3, Then Job answered and said: “OH, THAT MY GRIEF WERE FULLY WEIGHED, AND MY CALAMITY LAID WITH IT ON THE SCALES! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea—Therefore my words have been rash.

Eliphaz words called for Job to repent from his sin against GOD, Yet completely missed the fact that Job lost his children. Job’s words were rash because of his pain!

Job 6:5, DOES THE WILD DONKEY BRAY WHEN IT HAS GRASS, OR DOES THE OX LOW OVER ITS FODDER?           (NO THEY DONT)

Animals cry out when they lack, JOB ALSO HAS A REASON TO CRY OUT!

Job 6:6-7, Can flavorless food be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? My soul refuses to touch them; They are as loathsome food to me.

The words of Eliphaz were tasteless, had no nutrients in them! He gained nothing from the words of Eliphaz. JOB WANTS TO HEAR THE WORDS OF THE ALMIGHTY WHOSE WORDS AND WISDOM HAVE FLAVOR!

Psa 119:103, HOW SWEET ARE YOUR WORDS TO MY TASTE, SWEETER THAN HONEY TO MY MOUTH!

Job 6:14, “TO HIM WHO IS AFFLICTED, KINDNESS SHOULD BE SHOWN BY HIS FRIEND, EVEN THOUGH HE FORSAKES THE FEAR OF THE ALMIGHTY.  

Again, Eliphaz completely missed the main point; Yes Job cursed the day of his birth, but those words came out of desperation! Eliphaz words had no compassion, no kindness, no wisdom, no grace!

Col 4:6, LET YOUR SPEECH ALWAYS BE WITH GRACE, SEASONED WITH SALT, that you may know how you ought to answer each one. 

SO MANY PEOPLE TODAY NEED ANSWERS, NOT CONDEMNATION. TELLING SOMEONE, “YOUR GOING TO HELL IF YOU DON’T REPENT FROM YOUR WAYS”; THIS MAY BE TRUE BUT COMPLETELY LACKS WISDOM AND GRACE!

2Ti 2:25, IN HUMILITY CORRECTING THOSE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION, IF GOD PERHAPS WILL GRANT THEM REPENTANCE, SO THAT THEY MAY KNOW THE TRUTH, 

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Job 4, Eliphaz failed to comfort Job!

Job 4:1, 3-4, Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: … SURELY YOU HAVE INSTRUCTED MANY, And YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED WEAK HANDS. YOUR WORDS HAVE UPHELD HIM WHO WAS STUMBLING, And YOU HAVE STRENGTHENED THE FEEBLE KNEES;.

Job was known as a Godly man WHOM MANY WENT TO IN TIMES OF TROUBLE; for Godly wisdom, for his generosity and strength!

Job 4-5-6, BUT NOW IT COMES UPON YOU, AND YOU ARE WEARY; IT TOUCHES YOU, AND YOU ARE TROUBLED. IS NOT YOUR REVERENCE YOUR CONFIDENCE? AND THE INTEGRITY OF YOUR WAYS YOUR HOPE? 

Eliphaz, basically said — “DO YOU PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR FAITH, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD? WHERE IS YOUR STRENGTH?” —

Sometimes the best thing to do is just be there for your friend! Saying nothing, by your presence showing that your grieving his them Job 2:13! Eliphaz tried to comfort him, but this was an indirect attack on Job!

Job 4:17-19, ‘CAN A MORTAL BE MORE RIGHTEOUS THAN GOD? CAN A MAN BE MORE PURE THAN HIS MAKER? If He puts no trust in His servants, If He charges His angels with error, HOW MUCH MORE THOSE WHO DWELL IN HOUSES OF CLAY, WHOSE FOUNDATION IS IN THE DUST…

IT’S TRUE, ALL MEN SIN, ALL HAVE FALLEN SHORT YET, what Eliphaz is saying here is “JOB WE ALL SIN, ADMIT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO DESERVE THIS FROM GOD?”

Eph 4:29, Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers. 

THE LORD TEACHES, THOSE THAT FOLLOW HIM, HIS WAY NOT MAN’S WAY! EDIFY, NOT TEAR DOWN; LOVE, NOT TO ATTACK FOR THAT IS MANS WAY! BY BEING IN HIS WORD DAILY GIVES WISDOM TO THE READER!

Isa 50:4, “THE LORD GOD HAS GIVEN ME THE TONGUE OF THE LEARNED, THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON TO HIM WHO IS WEARY. HE AWAKENS ME MORNING BY MORNING, HE AWAKENS MY EAR TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED. 

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Ezra 7, living the word of GOD!

Ezr 7:1,5, Now after these things, IN THE REIGN OF ARTAXERXES KING OF PERSIA, EZRA THE SON OF SERAIAH… THE SON OF AARON..

Ezra came to Jerusalem in the second wave of people returning to their homeland!

Ezr 7:6, this Ezra came up from Babylon; and HE WAS A SKILLED SCRIBE IN THE LAW OF MOSES, WHICH THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL HAD GIVEN. THE KING GRANTED HIM ALL HIS REQUEST, ACCORDING TO THE HAND OF THE LORD HIS GOD UPON HIM. 

This king Artaxerxes Longimanus was the son Artaxerxes found in Ezra 4:7. Whereas the father stopped the work of GOD; his son blessed and funded the work of GOD!

Ezr 7:10, FOR EZRA HAD PREPARED HIS HEART TO SEEK THE LAW OF THE LORD, AND TO DO IT, AND TO TEACH STATUTES AND ORDINANCES IN ISRAEL.

Ezra was a blessed man, not just because he knew the word of the LORD, but because he lived it! KNOWING HIS WORD AND DOING IT ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS! JESUS SAID…

Mat 7:24, “THEREFORE WHOEVER HEARS THESE SAYINGS OF MINE, AND DOES THEM, I WILL LIKEN HIM TO A WISE MAN WHO BUILT HIS HOUSE ON THE ROCK:

Eph 5:15-17, SEE THEN THAT YOU WALK CIRCUMSPECTLY, NOT AS FOOLS BUT AS WISE, REDEEMING THE TIME, BECAUSE THE DAYS ARE EVIL. THEREFORE DO NOT BE UNWISE, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.

IF WE TRULY BELIEVE THAT OUR BLESSED HOPE IS AT THE DOOR AND READY TO RETURN THEN WE MUST BE ABOUT OUR FATHERS BUSINESS, REDEEMING THE TIME! JESUS SAID THE FOLLOWING!

Mat 24:46, BLESSED IS THAT SERVANT WHOM HIS MASTER, WHEN HE COMES, WILL FIND SO DOING. 

NOT JUST KNOWING HIS WORD BUT DOING IT!

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2Chronicles 27, Teach your children!

2Ch 27:1-2, Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. …. AND HE DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD, ACCORDING TO ALL THAT HIS FATHER UZZIAH HAD DONE (ALTHOUGH HE DID NOT ENTER THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD). BUT STILL THE PEOPLE ACTED CORRUPTLY.

Jotham was a godly man, who was influenced by his father Uzziah; he learned what to do and what not to do! Spurgeon said,

“HE REGARDED HIS FATHER’S SIN RATHER AS A BEACON TO WARN HIM AWAY FROM THAT ROCK ON WHICH UZZIAH’S LIFE HAD BEEN WRECKED.”

Deu 6:4-7, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH. “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. YOU SHALL TEACH THEM DILIGENTLY TO YOUR CHILDREN, AND SHALL TALK OF THEM WHEN YOU SIT IN YOUR HOUSE, WHEN YOU WALK BY THE WAY, WHEN YOU LIE DOWN, AND WHEN YOU RISE UP.

As parents we must teach our children to do what is right in the sight of GOD! It’s a command from the LORD to do so! WE LEAD BY EXAMPLE, NOT BY WORD! LIKE PAUL SAID,

1Cor 11:1, “IMITATE ME, JUST AS I ALSO IMITATE CHRIST”

Eph 6:4, And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

2Ch 27:6, SO JOTHAM BECAME MIGHTY, BECAUSE HE PREPARED HIS WAYS BEFORE THE LORD HIS GOD.

GREAT MEN, MEN OF VALOR IN THE SIGHT OF GOD ALWAYS PREPARE THEIR HEARTS TO SEEK THE LORD! FOR HE GIVES WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING TO THOSE THAT SEEK HIM!

Pro 3:1, MY SON, DO NOT FORGET MY LAW, BUT LET YOUR HEART KEEP MY COMMANDS; 

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2Chronicles 18, do not be deceived!

2Ch 18:1, JEHOSHAPHAT HAD RICHES AND HONOR IN ABUNDANCE; AND BY MARRIAGE HE ALLIED HIMSELF WITH AHAB. 

The LORD Blessed Jehoshaphat, YET he married Athaliah, daughter of Jezebel, the two most wicked ladies in all of scripture!

2Co 6:14, DO NOT BE UNEQUALLY YOKED TOGETHER WITH UNBELIEVERS. For what fellowship has righteousness with lawlessness? And what communion has light with darkness? 

2Ch 18:2, AFTER SOME YEARS HE WENT DOWN TO VISIT AHAB IN SAMARIA…

Ahab asked if he would fight with him against Ramoth Gilead!

2Ch 18:4-5, Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “PLEASE INQUIRE FOR THE WORD OF THE LORD TODAY.” Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, FOUR HUNDRED MEN, and said to them, “Shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “GO UP, FOR GOD WILL DELIVER IT INTO THE KING’S HAND.” 

Ahab didn’t want the truth, he wanted people to give him what he wanted to hear! Yet the king of Judah wanted to hear from GOD!

2Ch 18:6-7, …Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?” So the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man by WHOM WE MAY INQUIRE OF THE LORD; BUT I HATE HIM. because he never prophesies good concerning me, but always evil. HE IS MICAIAH the son of Imla.

What Ahab hated was the truth, but his real conflict was with GOD Himself! This alliance with Ahab almost got Jehoshaphat killed, but later his wife, Athaliah, would kill almost all his grandsons (2Ki 11:1)!

1Co 15:33, DO NOT BE DECEIVED: “EVIL COMPANY CORRUPTS GOOD HABITS.” 

Pro 13:20, HE WHO WALKS WITH WISE MEN WILL BE WISE, BUT THE COMPANION OF FOOLS WILL BE DESTROYED. 

Be careful who you allow in your life, and who you call friends! For you will either influence them OR THEY WILL INFLUENCE YOU!

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2Chronicles 16, Repent and move on!

2Ch 16:1-3, In the thirty-sixth year of the reign of Asa, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah… Then Asa brought silver and gold FROM THE TREASURIES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD… and sent to Ben-Hadad king of SYRIA…, saying, “LET THERE BE A TREATY BETWEEN YOU AND ME, … SO THAT HE (Baasha) will withdraw from me.”

Asa’s plan worked, he made a treaty with Syria and Syria attacked Baasha’s northern cities which cause king Baasha to go back!

2Ch 16:7, … HANANI THE SEER CAME TO ASA KING OF JUDAH, and said to him: “BECAUSE YOU HAVE RELIED ON THE KING OF SYRIA, AND HAVE NOT RELIED ON THE LORD YOUR GOD, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 

Asa forgot about the LORD, he trusted in his riches and a treaty with pagan people, RATHER THAN PUTTING HIS TRUST IN THE LORD!

2Ch 16:9, FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD RUN TO AND FRO THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH, TO SHOW HIMSELF STRONG ON BEHALF OF THOSE WHOSE HEART IS LOYAL TO HIM. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars.” 

KING ASA SHOULD HAVE REPENTED BEFORE THE LORD, YET IT HARDENED HIS HEART!

2Ch 16:10,12, THEN ASA WAS ANGRY WITH THE SEER, AND PUT HIM IN PRISON, …, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; YET IN HIS DISEASE HE DID NOT SEEK THE LORD, BUT THE PHYSICIANS. 

KING ASA STARTED OUT WITH GREAT FAITH IN THE LORD, BUT ENDED BADLY!

Pro 17:10, REBUKE IS MORE EFFECTIVE FOR A WISE MAN Than a hundred blows on a fool. 

WE ALL DO FOOLISH THINGS IN LIFE, YET WE NEED TO LEARN HOW TO HUMBLE OURSELVES BEFORE THE LORD, REPENT AND MOVE ON!

Pro 28:13, HE WHO COVERS HIS SINS WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT WHOEVER CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM WILL HAVE MERCY. 

2Ti 4:7, I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED THE RACE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.