Glorify GOD for His Mercy and Truth

“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy, and for Thy truth’s sake.” -Psalm 115:1 [KJV] 

 

Let me just whisper a word in the ear of anyone who has scarcely learned to pray.  Poor sinner, laden with guilt and full of fears,— you say, “How can I plead with God for mercy?  I have rejected it for years; I have been often rebuked, and I have hardened my neck; I fear I have no plea with which to urge my suit in craving God’ mercy.  

Here is a plea for you to use; say to Him, "For Your mercy and your truth’s sake, have pity on me, the least deserving of all your creatures; for, surely, if You will only save me, it will be an eternal wonder to men and to angels.  If You will save me, then I will sing,— All Thy mercy’s depths I prove, all its heights are seen in me.” 

I remember one, who said, “Oh, if the Lord Jesus Christ will only pardon me, He shall never hear the end of it!”  And this is what all poor guilty souls may truly say, “Should there be mercy for such a sinner as I am,—so old a sinner,—so daring a sinner,—so God-provoking a sinner?  Will God’s grace blot out my sin?  Will the Lord put me into His family, and call me His child?  Then, tell it in the depths of hell, and let all the demons know what great things God can do; and tell it in the heights of heaven, and let all the principalities and powers there learn new music as they sing of the greatness of the loving-kindness of the Lord, Who can pardon and save the very chief of sinners.”  

 

I suggest that every seeking sinner here should plead the name of God, and plead the glory of Christ; plead that He will be honored, that men will magnify His great name and the preciousness of His atoning blood, and the power of His gospel, if He shall save you.  This is a good plea; take care that you use it.                                         

 

-preacher C.H. Spurgeon

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