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"Because
He Delighteth in Mercy..."
Micah 7:18-20
by:
Don Fortner
Not
only is it true that our great and glorious God delights in mercy, but
he is rich, infinitely rich, in mercy, too! "God, who is
rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, even when we
were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace
ye are saved)." Here are three things promised by the
Holy Spirit, written upon the pages of Inspiration. These three things
we can and should be assured of, because God, who is rich in mercy,
delights in mercy.
"Thou
wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea."
This is a prophecy of and a promise. Here God’s prophet declares that
when Christ has finished his work of redemption, the sins of God’s elect
for whom he would endure all the wrath of God, would be so thoroughly
put away that they would be cast into the sea of divine forgetfulness,
never to be seen or remembered again.
Though
our God sees our acts of sin as a loving Father and faithfully chastens
his children for their sins, to correct them, He does not behold our
sins as a judge to punish them. He does not see them with the eye of
avenging justice. Justice, being satisfied, has expunged our sins from
its record (Jer. 50:20). That is what justice does when it is satisfied.
As Pharaoh and the armies of Egypt were drowned in the Red Sea, never
to rise up against Israel again, so our sins have been forever drowned
in the red sea of Christ’s precious blood, never to rise against us
again!
John
Gill wrote, "All the sins of God's people have been
removed from them to Christ, and by him carried away into the land of
oblivion; so that they are no more to be seen on them, who are through
his blood and righteousness without fault, spot, or wrinkle, or any
such thing; and, being out of sight, they are out of mind, never remembered
any more, and like things cast into the sea, destroyed and lost."
"Thou
wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham."
All the gracious promises made to Jacob and his great predecessor, springing
from God’s mercy, love and grace, those promises regarding all spiritual
things to Abraham’s seed (Gal. 3:13-14), God will perform. His faithfulness
and truth secure them (Luke 1:68,72,73). That eternal life which God
promised to chosen sinners (Abraham’s seed) in Christ before the world
began, he will perform.
"Which
thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old." Because
he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself that he would perform
all his word and purpose of grace to all his elect. The oath was given
to his own dear Son, as our Surety in the covenant of grace before the
world began; and it shall be performed (John 6:37-45). Because the Lord
Jesus Christ has obeyed all the stipulations of the covenant as our
great Surety, --because he brought in everlasting righteousness for
us, --because he obtained eternal redemption for us with his own blood,
--because he intercedes for us in heave, --because he reigns as sovereign
King and Monarch over the universe, we know that our God shall, for
Christ’s sake, perform his covenant oath for his elect, to the saving
of our souls for the glory of his own great name. "And so, all
Israel shall be saved." "Israel shall be saved in the LORD
with an everlasting salvation," BECAUSE HE DELIGHTETH IN
MERCY!"
AMEN.
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