Missions of the Protestant Reformed Churches in America

Our God the God of All Glory

Psalm 19:1

Glory is the radiation or shining forth of virtue, so that when you see virtue, you see glory. Solomon says this plainly when in Proverbs 20:29 he writes, "The glory of young men is their strength.''  Thus when they display their strength, they show forth their glory.

God's glory shines forth also when He reveals His strength, wisdom, love, mercy, and grace, and all His other virtues.  Of His glory David speaks in Psalm 19:1 when he declares, "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth forth His handiwork." And the idea is that the heavens, that is, the heavenly bodies, show God's glory because they show His wisdom and power, for it is His handiwork. Indeed what a wisdom and power the heavens do reveal!

That glory of God may be summed up in one word, namely, that He is God. That above all is His glory. The name of God that David uses here is the Mighty One. And what a might and wisdom it took to bring forth and uphold that vast expanse that we call the heavens!  What creature could do that? What idol made by man's hands could make and hold all those heavenly bodies in their exact courses? Indeed, the God of Scripture is God alone.

Our versification of the Psalm speaks of this glory thus (PRC Psalter):

The heavens in their splendor declare
The might and the glory of God:
For day unto day speaks His praise,
And night tells His wisdom abroad.

Look at the sky today and tonight, and let no one tell you, or teach your children, that all this came by an evolutionistic process! We reckon time by the position of the heavenly bodies. Upon them we depend and receive our seasons. And how well we know that we cannot move or remove these bodies, nor alter their courses through the heavens. How amazing it also is that we can today state when the sun will arise and the moon be full at any future date that man may pick. What wisdom and what power God reveals! How loudly He shouts to the whole human race that He is God!

Do you hear Him, and do you see His glory every day?

Read: Psalm 19 
Psalter versification: #39:1

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #264
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:
Exodus 17:8-16 ; Exodus 18; Exodus 19:1-15 
Matthew 22:34-46 ; Matthew 23:1-12 
Psalm 27:7-14 
Proverbs 6:27-35 
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Quote for Reflection:

“Thy will be done.  Grant, O Father in heaven, that I may always and everywhere live as before Thy face, in Thy presence, and in the consciousness of my calling to be Thy servant ….  Give unto me, give unto all Thy people, Thy Spirit and grace to know and to do Thy will.  And hasten the day when the workers of iniquity shall be no more, and all shall be in perfect harmony with Thy will, which is only good.  Thy will be done.  Amen.” ~ Herman Hoeksema

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Concern for Zion's Good

Psalm 51:18

If your sins are blotted out, and you know it because of the faith and love for God that always is bestowed upon those for whom Christ died, you will also love God's whole church. If you hate sin, you love God.  And if you love God, you will love His whole church.

That is why David, having prayed for the blotting out of his sins in God's mercy, is concerned with His mercy upon His whole church.  And having prayed for the forgiveness of his own sins, David in concern for the whole church of God prays in Psalm 51:18, "Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion: build Thou the walls of Jerusalem. Our versification goes thus (PRC Psalter):

Do good to Zion in Thy grace,
Her ruined walls restore:
Then sacrifice of righteousness
Shall please Thee as of yore.
Thy people then with willing hands
And hearts that Thou has blessed
Shall bring in thankful sacrifice
Their choicest gifts and best.

It is true that David had set a very bad example before the whole church of that day, here called Zion and Jerusalem. The versification speaks of ruined walls. Walls in that day protected the city. David had broken down the walls, so that Satan now had easy access to the whole church, because of that bad example which he set. Therefore David prays that God will do good to Zion, protecting His church from Satan's arrows and causing the church to bring sacrifices of righteousness.

The question is whether your sins bother you in that way. The sins you committed before others in your family, at work, among the members of God's church, did they make you sad in the thought that you may have encouraged others to walk in your sins?

Confess your sins before God, but also before men. Never defend them.  And pray that your sins may not break down the walls of your church and give Satan easy access to the hearts of the members of your church. Go then, as David did, to God and pray that He may protect His church from the sins you performed before her members, and that they may bring their choicest and best gifts of thanksgiving and praise to Him.

Read: Psalm 4 
Psalter versification: #144:5-6

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #230
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:
Exodus 15:19-27 ; Exodus 16; Exodus 17:1-7 
Matthew 22:1-33 
Psalm 27:1-26 
Proverbs 6:20-26 
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Quote for Reflection:

“Always, there are benefits of doing the will of God. The benefits far outweigh the costs. In Christian education, as in every other aspect of the life of the child of God, the principle is, be willing to sacrifice and pay a high cost in doing God's will, as a disciple of Christ, and God will greatly reward you, both in this life and in the life to come. There are rewards. They are rewards of grace; but there are rewards. These are incentives, because the work of the Lord always goes forward with much difficulty in this world.”   - David Engelsma

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A Sacrifice of Thankfulness

Psalm 51:16

One truth taught throughout Scripture is that salvation is a gift, and that we can not buy the smallest part of it. We are aware of the fact that in a time of drought we can not buy one drop of rain. Much less can we buy one drop of the blood of Christ to wash away even the smallest part of one sin.

When then in Psalm 51:16 David writes, "For Thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it Thee; Thou delightest not in burnt offering, '' he plainly is speaking of sacrifices we make and of burnt offerings which we present, and which can not buy any part of salvation from God.

There are however sacrifices and offerings that do please Him and in which God does find delight. The sacrifice of  Christ on the cross God not only desired and delighted in, but He decreed it for our salvation. And by it He did pay the full price of our salvation and satisfied fully His justice.

Another sacrifice that pleases Him David speaks of in the next verse in Psalm 51. Our versification which we sing presents it thus (PRC Psalter):

A broken spirit is to God a pleasing sacrifice:
A broken and a contrite heart
Thou, Lord, wilt not despise.

For here we deal not with a sacrifice to obtain salvation, but with sacrifices and offerings that express thankfulness for salvation that has been obtained, because God graciously gave it to us.

This pleases God because it renders to Him the praise that is due to His name. It acknowledges Him as the merciful Giver and not as the demanding seller of salvation. And today we had better have that cross of Christ clearly before our eyes. In the measure that we see the sacrifice that God made for our salvation, we will bring to Him offerings of praise and thanksgiving. We will cry out, "O God, how good Thou art!"

The question is not as to how well you fared in earthly things yesterday. The question is not how well you were physically and what your flesh enjoyed. The question is whether you appreciate as much as you should and thank God for the salvation He freely gives.

Read: Psalm 34 
Psalter versification: #144:4

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #71
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:
Exodus 13:17-22 ; Exodus 14; Exodus 15:1-18 
Matthew 21:23-46 
Psalm 26:1-12 
Proverbs 6:16-19 
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Quote for Reflection:

...Final perfection and deliverance from the evil one and from all evil, from all sin and corruption and from all the effects of sin, does not come until the day of the Lord, when He shall raise our corruptible and mortal bodies into the glory of incorruptibility and immortality, and give us a place forever in the heavenly tabernacle of God in the new creation.  – Herman Hoeksema

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Lips of Praise

Psalm 51:14 
 

To pray for something is to ask for a gift. Therefore when we pray to God, we do not try to bargain with Him. That is not praying. Praying is throwing ourselves completely upon God's mercy and grace.  It contains no promises whereby we try to induce Him to give us what we seek. God does have a heavenly storehouse full of blessings; but God does not run a store. He does not exchange blessings for works of men.

When David in Psalm 51:14 writes, "Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, Thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness,"  he is not bargaining with God, offering Him praise, if He will only take away His guilt. For note that this very prayer is full of praise. He calls God the God of his salvation. He already speaks of God's righteousness. And in the next verse he adds, "O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth Thy praise.'' It is not something he is going to do for God, if he is saved. God will have to give him the desire and ability to sing His praises. No, David's reason for speaking of praising God, if his bloodguiltiness is removed, is that to give thanks unto God, there must be a reason. And in this instance it is not only that the guilt of murder is taken away, but that the desire to walk in sin has been removed by God. Doing this God will open our lips and cause us to praise His name.

And what an abundant reason we have to praise God, as we live on this side of the cross of Christ. There is the undeniable evidence of the blotting out of all of our sins. Ought we not then be very busy singing of His love, of His wisdom and power, of His righteousness and faithfulness to His promises? As David sang, so should we in the versification (PRC Psalter):

    Savior all my guilt remove,
    And my tongue shall sing Thy love:
    Touch my silent lips, O Lord,
    And my mouth shall praise accord.

By nature our lips are closed. Or far worse, they utter folly and evil. But God opens the lips of His people. And to be sure we are His children, we must find that praise on our lips every day.

Read: Psalm 98 
Psalter versification: #143:3

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #349
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Exodus 12:14-51; Exodus 13:1-16 
Matthew 20:29-34; Matthew 21:1-22 
Psalm 25:16-22 
Proverbs 6:12-15 
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Quote for Reflection:

"It is exactly those Christians that are spiritually most sensitive and that have advanced farthest on the way of sanctification that will most deeply bemoan their imperfect state, and confess that they have but a small beginning of the new obedience."  Herman Hoeksema

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Joy and Gladness Restored

Psalm 51:8-10

What would it take to bring you joy and gladness today? What work of God above all would make you sing? Would it be this (from PRC Psalter):

    Blot out all my iniquity, 
    And hide my sins from view; 
    Create in me a spirit right, 
    O God my heart renew.

What God takes away from us can be very much more important than some of the things which He gives us. At other times what He gives us can be far more important than what He takes away from us. When He takes away our guilt, all the miseries, pains, and even death that He gives us cannot keep us from endless, heavenly joys Christ prepared for us. When He gives us a clean heart and a right spirit, that is, one that delights in righteousness, then all that which He takes away from us, be it even all our earthly goods, and this present life, will serve to bring us where we will have treasures that never fade, and where we will forever be satisfied.

David was crushed by the knowledge of his sin, when God through the prophet Nathan rebuked him. Figuratively, not literally, his bones were broken, and he could not sing. Therefore in Psalm 51:8-10 he cried, "Make me to hear joy and gladness; that  the bones which Thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Create  in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me."

He prays that God will take away his guilt, but also that God will give him a life that loves righteousness and holiness.

Thus when you pray, be sure that you pray not only for forgiveness of the sins of the day, but also for strength to do what is pleasing in God's sight. Be concerned about the punishment and desire its removal; but be deeply interested in walking in a sinless way to be pleasing in God's sight.

Search your soul. Does your guilt and love of evil crush you? Or do you need a Nathan to point it out to you? You must see and hate it, if your joy and gladness is to be restored. And that hatred of sin reveals that you are the object of God's love, and that He has begun salvation in you.

Read: Isaiah 61 
Psalter versification: #143:2

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #150
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:
Exodus 10Exodus 11; Exodus 12:1-13 
Matthew 20:1-28 
Psalm 25:1-15 
Proverbs 6:6-11 
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Quote for Reflection:

Peace with God is opposed to the dead security of the flesh, and for this reason, — because the first thing is, that every one should become awakened as to the account he must render of his life; and no one can stand boldly before God, but he who relies on a gratuitous reconciliation; for as long as he is God, all must otherwise tremble and be confounded. And this is the strongest of proofs, that our opponents do nothing but prate to no purpose, when they ascribe righteousness to works; for this conclusion of Paul is derived from this fact, — that miserable souls always tremble, except they repose on the grace of Christ.John Calvin

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An Awesome Explanation

Psalm 51:5

Although it is certainly true that we learn how to commit new sins, and children learn to sin by what they see and hear — especially on TV — the fact that we sin has a far deeper explanation. David gives us that explanation in Psalm 51:5 when he writes, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Or as the versification has it (PRC Psalter):

    Behold, in evil I was formed,
    And I was born in sin
    But Thou wilt make me wise in heart,
    Thou seekest truth within.

Here we have the awesome reason why we have such a multitude of sins and need a multitude of mercy to have our sins forgiven.

No, David is not blaming his mother or father.  He is explaining why every man, woman, and child with an earthly father is a sinner. The awesome fact is that no one has been born without sin except the Son of God Who came by a virgin birth. Adam and Eve were created righteous, but from Cain onward each child came into this world with a heart that hated God. God's truth was not in his inward parts. That is why David says that God will have to make us wise in heart with truth in our inward parts. We do not come into this world with it. All are born totally depraved.

Now, David is not trying to defend himself by this reason for his sin. He is confessing the deep-seated reason why he is so sinful in order to accentuate the truth that all of our salvation comes from God, and why our only hope of salvation is God's mercy in Christ. Still more, he gets to the very heart of the matter. God must not merely work upon our hands and feet, our eyes and ears, and bridle our tongues. We must have heart surgery. Truth must be implanted in our hearts; and then eyes, ears, hands, and the like will perform works of righteousness.

Here is a humility that must be found in us. There is no room for us to boast. A corrupt seed always brings forth a corrupt plant. The seed of a weed never brings forth wheat. How necessary then that God's Son comes by way of a virgin birth! And how important that He must come into the depth of our being to free us from sin.

Read: Job 14 
Psalter versification: #143:2

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #388
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Exodus 8; Exodus 9:1-35 
Matthew 19:13-30 
Psalm 24:1-10 
Proverbs 6:1-5 
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Quote for Reflection:

 "The Christian life is not a thing of passive luxuriation, but of active "fighting the good fight of faith!" The Christian is not called to lie down on flowery beds of ease, but to run a race, and athletics are strenuous, demanding self-sacrifice, hard training, the putting forth of every ounce of energy possessed. I am afraid that in this work-hating and pleasure-loving age, we do not keep this aspect of the truth sufficiently before us: we take things too placidly and lazily."    Arthur W. Pink

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Whiter Than Snow

Psalm 51:7

Conceived and born in sin we are blacker than coal. And David had just confessed that God had to put truth in his inward parts, because he was born without it. But now in Psalm 51:7 he speaks of the tremendous change from being blacker than coal to becoming whiter than snow. He writes, "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean. Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow."

Now snow is the whitest of all earthly creatures. How then can David pray to be whiter than snow? Very simply: The blood and Spirit of Christ raises us to a higher spiritual level than Adam and Eve enjoyed when they came forth from the hand of God. Snow has earthly whiteness. The blood of Christ brings heavenly whiteness and purity. In other words, to be whiter than snow means that although Adam and Eve had a righteousness that was perfect, they could fall into sin and did. We are going to have the righteousness of Christ, which is a righteousness that is perfect and can never be lost. Wonderful as it would be to be like righteous Adam and Eve, it is far more wonderful to be like Christ.

Now God must wash us and does wash us by the blood of Christ, and David's words point to that cross. For he speaks of hyssop, a twig of which was used to sprinkle the blood on the doorposts before Israel left Egypt and Pharaoh's clutches. So we by the blood of Christ escape the hold of Satan upon us. That cross we should have in mind when we sing (PRC Psalter):

    Thou alone my Savior art,
    Teach Thy wisdom to my heart;
    Make me pure, Thy grace bestow
    Wash me whiter than the snow.

What a blessing then flows forth from that cross of Christ! And what a love of God David speaks of and seeks, when he prays to be so clean that he can never sin again. David's adultery and murder were terrible sins which he now sees as God sees them. But he is not simply interested in being delivered from their guilt. He wants every single sin removed and wants to be like Christ, so that never in any way does he sin again.

Do you want that, and is this your prayer? You may not pray for anything less.

Read: Isaiah 1:1-18 
Psalter versification: #140:3

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #15
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Exodus 5:22-23; Exodus 6; Exodus 7:1-25 
Matthew 18:21-35; Matthew 19:1-12 
Psalm 23:1-6 
Proverbs 5:22-23 
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Quote for Reflection:

The Devil's Work: "Nowhere perhaps is the devil so active as in a congregation of Gospel-hearers. ... From him come wandering thoughts and roving imaginations -- listless minds and dull memories -- sleepy eyes and fidgety nerves, weary ears and distracted attention. In all these things Satan has a great hand. People wonder where they come from, and marvel how it is that they find sermons so dull, and remember them so badly! They forget the parable of the sower. They forget the devil."  - J.C. Ryle

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The Heart of the Matter

Psalm 51:4

When David in Psalm 51:4 confessed, "Against Thee Thee only, have I sinned, and done evil in Thy sight," he was not forgetting the sin which he had committed when he killed Uriah, after defiling the man's wife. No, he was getting at the heart of the matter. And we do well to bear in mind that we so often and quickly forget our sins and minimize them.

We disobey the authorities, entertain thoughts of hatred, covet the neighbor's goods, and forget that in breaking the second table of the law we broke the first table as well. We are inclined to behave as though all we need to do is to say to the neighbor, "Against thee, thee only have I sinned." Such is always the case with the unbeliever, when he pleads guilty in court. He admits only of doing evil to his neighbor. But sin in every form is sin against God; and to God we ought to sing (PRC Psalter):

Against Thee only have I sinned,
Done evil in Thy sight;
Lord, in Thy judgment Thou art just,
And in Thy sentence right. (PRC Psalter)

We really do not see our sins unless we see them as hatred against God. Whenever we sin, and regardless of how we sin, we always have another God instead of Jehovah. Regardless of which of the last nine commandments we break, it is because we are already breaking the first commandment. For our flesh has become our god, and we do its bidding, even though to do so is rebellion against the one true God.

We must not overlook or minimize our sins against our neighbor. To do that is to add to our sin. But we must get to the heart of the matter and in sincere humility before God confess that we have sinned against Him.

A true confession of sin agrees with God, and with David says that when God judges our deeds, His judgment is right. A sincere confession declares that only God's will must be obeyed. Our flesh must be put down. If only God's will counts and is heeded by us, we will not sin against the neighbor. As Jesus said, the great commandment is that we love God. If we love Him, we will also love the neighbor for His sake. Do you?

Read: I John 1 
Psalter versification: #143:2

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #384
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Exodus 4; Exodus 5:1-21 
Matthew 18:1-20 
Psalm 22:19-31 
Proverbs 5:15-21 
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Quote for Reflection:

“Alas, in these degenerate times, few have any idea that saving faith is a miraculous thing. Instead, it is now almost universally supposed that saving faith is nothing more than an act of the human will, which any man is capable of performing: all that is needed is to bring before a sinner a few verses of Scripture which describe his lost condition, one or two which contain the word "believe," and then a little persuasion for him to "accept Christ," and the thing is done. …O my reader, be not deceived on this vital matter: to mortify the lusts of the flesh, to be crucified unto the world, to overcome the Devil, to die daily unto sin, and live unto righteousness, to be meek and lowly in heart, trustful and obedient, pious and patient, faithful and uncompromising, loving and gentle; in a word, to be a Christian, to be Christ-like, is a task far, far beyond the poor resources of fallen human nature.” - Arthur W. Pink

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A Thorough Cleansing Needed

Psalm 51:2,3

To judge that David's sins of adultery and murder were heinous sins is certainly correct, but Scripture does not want us to stop there. David himself wholeheartedly declares in one of our versifications of Psalm 51:

    O wash me wholly from my guilt 
    And make me clean within, 
    For my transgressions I confess, 
    I ever see my sin.

The words as David wrote them are, "Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.  For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me" Psalm 51:2,3. 

It ought to be noted then that not even once does David in this Psalm cry out for escape from the punishment he deserves. The desire for this is certainly implied in his cry for mercy. But the emphasis throughout the Psalm is on the sin, not upon the punishment called for by his sin. There is no spiritual value in a mere desire to escape punishment. All sinners want that, and if this is all that we want, there will be no mercy for us. We must, as the versification expresses it, want to be made clean within. We must want sinful thoughts and desires washed out of our souls. Note that David confesses that his sin is ever before him. His sin bothers him; and from it he wants to be set free.

How is that in your life? A prayer for nothing more than escape from punishment will not be heard or fulfilled. There must be a sincere desire to be set free from the power as well as from the punishment of sin. David sets a beautiful example for us here in this Psalm. Yes, the David who committed such heinous sins, also sets a good example afterward.

Follow then in David's footsteps which are presented here. Pray for a thorough cleansing from sin in every aspect of it.  It must all be there, if we are to be assured that the cross of God's Son blotted out all our guilt and that His Spirit will set us free from the power of sin. He brought salvation for the body, but also for the soul. He saves us to the uttermost.

Read: Hebrews 9 
Psalter versification: #143:1

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #126
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Exodus 2:11-25; Exodus 3:1-22 
Matthew 17:10-27 
Psalm 22:1-18 
Proverbs 5:7-14 
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Quote for Reflection:

"… There are various burdens which delay and impede our spiritual course, such as the love of this present life, the pleasures of the world, the lusts of the flesh, worldly cares, riches also and honors, and other things of this kind. Whosoever, then, would run in the course prescribed by Christ, must first disentangle himself from all these impediments, for we are already of ourselves more tardy than we ought to be, so no other causes of delay should be added."  - John Calvin

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A Cry for Mercy

Psalm 51:1 
 

Although David, to hide his own sin, dealt very cruelly with the husband of the woman whom he had defiled, he in Psalm 51:1 cries out, "Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy loving kindness, according to the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."

There are two things which we ought to see in this cry, because they hold true also for us. First of all, we ought to hold fast to the truth presented here that it takes a multitude of God's mercies to wipe away our guilt, or else we will perish under God's holy wrath. Forgiveness of our sins requires mercy for each sin.

It took only one sin of Adam to bring down the curse upon the whole human race; and, as Paul writes in Romans 6:23 "the wages of sin is death." Each sin then calls for death and everlasting punishment in the lake of fire.

What a multitude of mercies is then required for us to escape God's holy wrath, by having our sins wiped out of His book! What a multitude of loving kindness it was then also that God sent His own Son for such a multitudinous punishment, so that we might be judged to be righteous in God's sight!

But consider also that a cry for mercy with a confession of sin earns us no mercy, but underscores the need for God to show us mercy. The word "confess" means literally "to say with." In this instance it means to say with God that we are vile sinners and deserve no mercy, but should be cast into the torments of hell. In our confession of sin we earn nothing. And a sincere confession agrees with God that we deserve everlasting punishment.

Cry to Him then, but not with the idea that your confession will move Him to be merciful. Cry at the end of every day; but base your request on the multitude of mercies which His Son purchased. And with confidence sing:

    God be merciful to me, 
    On Thy grace I rest my plea;
    Plenteous in compassion Thou, 
    Blot out my transgressions now.

Read: Psalm 51 
Psalter versification: #140:1

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Song for Meditation: Psalter #66
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Through the Bible in One Year
Read today:

Genesis 50Exodus 1; Exodus 2:1-10 
Matthew 16:13-28; Matthew 17:1-9 
Psalm 21:1-13 
Proverbs 5:1-6 
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Quote for Reflection:

“Saving faith is not a native product of the human heart, but is a spiritual grace communicated from on High. "It is the gift of God" (Eph. 2:8).  It is "of the operation of God" (Col. 2:12). It is by "the power of God" (1 Cor. 2:5) …(But) there is no such thing as a saving faith in Christ where there is no real love for Him, and by "real love," we mean a love which is evidenced by obedience. Christ acknowledges none to be His friends save those who do whatsoever He commands them (John 15:14). As unbelief is a species of rebellion, so saving faith is a complete subjection to God: hence we read of "faith obedience" (Rom. 16:26). Saving faith is to the soul what health is to the body: it is a mighty principle of operation, full of life, ever working, bringing forth fruit after its own kind.”   - Arthur W. Pink

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Classis East
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