Psalms 40:3 I. Consider the "new songs" already put into the mouths of Christians. (1) Coming to Christ and conversion to God are materials for a "new song." (2) Few leave the Lord's Table after their first communion without a new song in their mouth of praise to their God. (3) God in springtime re... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:5 So then there are two series of things which cannot be numbered God's mercies and man's sin. I. If we keep these two things close together in cur contemplations, they suggest for us very forcibly the greatest mystery in the universe, and throw a little light upon it. The difficulty of... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:7 I. When did Christ say these words? To what date does "then" refer? No numbers can reckon up the ages back, and no mind can fathom the depth of that eternity past since Christ's advent-note was first heard, when the "decree" was written in that volume, and that act of our Lord's dedicat... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:7 It is quite evident that the sense which Christ had in His mission to this world before He came was one of pleasure. And unless you are to believe that every anticipation of Christ could be different from its reality, then you must rest in the conclusion that the preponderance of Christ'... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:8 There can be no reasonable doubt whose words these are. Even if the internal evidence were not sufficient, the reference to them in the tenth chapter of Hebrews shows conclusively that they are spoken by Jesus "when He cometh into the world." The words indicate the great rule of Christ's... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:9 I. The Psalmist speaks here rather of the mind with which the Son of God should come than of the end for which He should come. He speaks of that obedience, which healed our disobedience, as the cause, the life, the soul, of His sacrifice rather than of the sacrifice itself. He exhibits... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 40:10 The necessary openness of a holy experience. I. Notice the evident fact that a true inward experience, or discovery of God in the heart, is itself an impulse also of self-manifestation, as all love and gratitude are. It is in all cases the instinct of a new heart, in its experience of... [ Continue Reading ]