0419. 412. “Great Things”

412. “Great Things”

“Who has Done Great Things, O God” Psa_71:19

C. H. Spurgeon, that prince of preachers, once said: “God’s mercy is so great that it forgives great sins to great sinners after great lengths of time, and then gives great favours and great privileges, and raises us up to great enjoyments in the great Heaven of the great God. As John Bunyan well said, ‘It must be great mercy or no mercy, for little mercy will never serve my turn.’“

Many are the great things the great God has done. The following are a few of the great things He shows us:

1. Loved with a “Great Love” (Eph_2:4). His love is a fathomless ocean, a mine of wealth, a lasting spring, a glorious provision, a sun of warmth, a lifting power, and an unceasing inspiration.

2. Saved with a “Great Salvation” (Heb_2:3). God is its source, man is its object, Christ is its embodiment, deliverance is its meaning, the Spirit is its power, faith is its receiver, holiness is its outcome, and glory is its consummation.

3. Thrilled with a “Great Joy” (Luk_2:10; Act_8:8; Act_15:3). The Saviour is its secret, substance, supply, and source. His joy makes our joy full and lasting.

4. Strengthened with “Great Power” (Act_4:33). The Spirit’s enduement is the power to keep us right, and to work in and through us with effective might.

5. Communing with “Great Delight” (Son_2:3). Sitting under the shadow of His Cross, and listening to the voice of His Word, and feeding on the promises of His grace, we have “great delight” in His presence.

6. Enjoying the “Great Peace” of His Word (Psa_119:165). To love God’s Word is to find the joy of His grace, the tenderness of His love, the holiness of His sanctity, and the peace of His promises.

7. Expecting the “Great Glory” (Luk_21:27). When Christ comes to the world His saints will come with Him. He will not have the glory apart from His saints, and it would be no glory if He were not with it.

By: DR. F. E. MARSH