(1Pe 1:3) “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,” Mercy is only needed for guilty people. In order to be saved, you have to acknowledge what the Lord says of each of us, “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” I needed mercy. Thank God He has an abundance of it, supplied by the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus in my place.