The Evangelist Daniel 9:8-10 O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you.… I. OUR FIRST VIEWS ARE VIEWS OF GUILT. Man is a rebellious subject, inasmuch as: 1. We have refused tribute. Tribute, as it respects human governments, is the sum raised, for their support. As it respects the government of God, it implies merely the homage rendered to its validity and glory. 2. We have disobeyed the law. Both the precepts and the prohibitions. In our thoughts, in our conversation, in our behaviour. We have committed sins against ourselves, against our fellow-creatures, and against our God. 3. We have abetted the enemy. He who committeth sin is of the devil, that is, he resembles him, and serves him. II. OUR SECOND VIEWS ARE VIEWS OF MERCY. God is a merciful and forgiving Sovereign. The term mercies would be too general. In the term of forgiveness there is something specific. 1. Consider what we sometimes observe, and what we never fail to admire, among mortals. Is it not the display of compassion, forbearance, and generosity? Shall God sink in the comparison? 2. Consider the Divine precepts. 3. Consider the Divine assurances. Happy for us that they are too numerous to be recounted. 4. Consider the mediation of Jesus Christ. 5. Consider experience and fact. Believer in Jesus Christ, much more art thou a witness. (The Evangelist.) Parallel Verses KJV: O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. |
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