AMAZING LOVE & GRACIOUS DEALINGS

"Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified." -Isaiah 43:26 [KJV]

The Lord had just laid open the rich love of His gracious heart to poor sinners, in fully blotting out their transgressions and in not remembering their sins. To keep down their pride and exalt the riches of His mercy, He tells them plainly, I do all this, for My own sake. But He knows what is in man. He sees the abominable pride of our hearts, and how many would reject His free declaration, and not accept of free-grace mercy, by free-gift of love, without money and without price. Such will have some hand in procuring pardon and justification, by fulfilling terms, and performing conditions. These words may be considered, 

(1st.) as a reflection upon such persons, and a derision upon their notions. Says the Lord, Put Me in remembrance. What spiritual act could you do, when dead in trespasses and in sins, in order to obtain life? What good works sprang out of your flesh, in which dwelleth no good thing? Remind me of your power to will and to do what I command, and how you have done all things perfectly well to My glory. Let us plead together. Let us come into open court and try this matter. Declare thou. Thy own righteousness, for which of all thy good works dost thou challenge My grace, and a right to be justified? Verily, if thou canst face this, as the prophet says, “thou hast a whore’s forehead, and refusest to be ashamed” (Jeremiah 3:3.) 

But, (2nd.) we may consider them as spoken to the Lord’s people. Put Me in remembrance—of free declaration, of full pardon. Believe it. Pray the Spirit to apply the sense and comfort of it to thy conscience. Give me no rest till I have made Thee thus happy. Let us plead together. Confess our vileness. Own your wretchedness. Acknowledge your sinfulness. I will plead My grace reigns over the aboundings of sin, through righteousness unto eternal life (Romans 5:21.) 

Declare thou that thou mayest be justified. Plead at thy throne, what I am ever well pleased with, the blood and righteousness of My beloved Son ONLY: and thou shalt be justified from all things; have My peace in thy conscience, which passeth all understanding; be filled with joy and peace in believing, and abounding in hope by the power of the Holy Ghost. Now, is not all this amazing love, and these gracious dealings enough to make thee ashamed of thy folly and slowness of heart to believe the truths of a covenant God in Christ? 

 

Grace reigns, and over sin abounds, 

And justifies the soul: 

While grace our pride and lust confounds, 

It makes poor sinners whole. 

O for an heart of faith and love, 

Rejoicing in the Lord, 

To imitate the blest above, 

And spread His praise abroad.

 

-preacher Wm. Mason (1724-1797 A.D.)

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