TOPIC: THE PREROGATIVE OF MERCY
Constitutionally, every State Governor and the President have the power to pardon a convict. That power to pardon a convict is called the prerogative of mercy. If you follow current affairs, you will remember the pardon the former President Goodluck Jonathan granted to the now Late Alamiyesigha, the former Governor of Bayelsa State. Almiyesigha was a convict, but when Goodluck became the president, perhaps to appreciate Alamiyesigha for choosing him as the Deputy Governor then, Goodluck pardoned Alamiyesigha. And the implication was that all the guilt and conviction were quashed and Alamiyesigha became legally clean as if he never committed any crime.
In our text, we see that we are “…… justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (v. 24). The meaning is that by God's law and standard of righteousness, we have been 'tried' and found guilty; but by His prerogative of mercy, He has pardoned us and counted us worthy of His mercy. This, we can get by grace through faith when we penitently seek His pardon; and when we get it, we preserve it by humility because it was grace that brought in God's prerogative of mercy.
PRAYER: Lord, exercise Your prerogative of mercy over my life, and give me the grace to maintain Your pardon through humility and consistent walk with You.
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