Do believers still need to cry out for mercy?
No. Since God poured out His mercy on Christ at the cross, His mercy has already been poured out. Believers no longer have to cry for mercy; instead, God now gives grace, His unmerited favor, which none of us deserve.
Les explains that believers are more than conquerors not through any ability of their own, but through Christ Jesus. He stresses that there is nothing in us that can merit any favor with God; it is all of His grace. Grace could never have happened without mercy. But since God poured out His mercy on Christ on the cross, that mercy has already been poured out. Therefore, believers no longer have to cry for mercy. Now, because His mercy has been poured out, God gives grace—unmerited favor that we do not deserve. The believer's standing rests on Christ's finished work, not on pleading for mercy.