Psalm 22:27 All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you. Some regard this Psalm as our Lord's soliloquy when expiring on the Cross. It may be so. Fitter words could not have been conceived. The mighty hero sees the conflict ended, anticipates the victory, and begins to chant the conqueror's paean. I. THE CONVERSION OF THE NATIONS TO GOD MAY BE EXPECTED. It is much to be desired. But the battle is long and weary and the end is not yet. Some think it is not to be looked for. But — 1. Our newborn nature craves for it; and — 2. Is it not unlikely that on this earth where God has stood in the person of His Son, that evil, after all, should vanquish Him? 3. And see the promises of reward made to our Redeemer. "He shall see of the travail of His soul and shall be satisfied." And the Scriptures are full of such promises, in the Psalms and in all the prophets. It is good to be reminded of them, for we shall not labour well if we do not labour in hope. And as yet we have not done so much as to give the fragments of the Gospel feast to the nations. When the Church is ready for great events they shall occur to her. II. SUCH CONVERSION WILL OCCUR IN THE USUAL MANNER OF OTHER CONVERSIONS. "The nations," says our text, "shall remember, and shall turn unto the Lord, and shall worship before Him." 1. They shall remember. In this manner conversion begins. 2. They shall turn. 3. They shall worship. III. THE MEANS TO ACCOMPLISH THIS RESULT ARE TO BE FOUND AT CALVARY. This is a Calvary Psalm; its connection is full of sacrificial suffering. Every conversion is the result of Christ's death. And His death is our motive for spreading the Gospel. And it is the security of future triumph. We shall conquer the world, but it will be by the Cross. The old legend of Constantine, "In hoc signo vinces," hath truth in it for us. By this we shall conquer — by the Cross, by the preaching of Jesus Christ. ( C. H. Spurgeon.) Parallel Verses KJV: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. |
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