The Sure Mercies of David

Q: What does the Bible say about mercies?

The Bible teaches that God's mercies are free, sovereign, and given to undeserving sinners. God's mercies are described in Scripture as unearned gifts given freely to those who do not deserve them. In Isaiah 55:1-3, the invitation is extended to 'everyone that thirsteth' to come and partake of these mercies without monetary cost, indicating their gracious nature. This mirrors Romans 9:15, where God states, 'I will have mercy on whom I have mercy.' Therefore, the essence of divine mercy stands distinct from human notions of merit, relying solely on God's sovereign grace.

Q: How do we know the sure mercies of David are true?

The sure mercies of David are fulfilled in Christ, confirmed through Scripture and the covenant established by God. The sure mercies of David are linked deeply to God's covenants and ultimately fulfilled in Christ. In Acts 13:32-34, Paul declares the fulfillment of God's promises through the resurrection of Jesus, who embodies these mercies. The phrase 'sure mercies of David' signifies God's guaranteed, eternal promises to His people, illustrated in Hebrews 10:15-17, where the new covenant assures believers of their redemption and relationship with God. Hence, the certainty of these mercies rests on God's faithful character as revealed through Christ.

Q: Why is mercy important for Christians?

Mercy is crucial because it offers forgiveness and recognition of our total dependence on God's grace. For Christians, understanding mercy is fundamental to their faith, as it embodies the character of God towards humanity. Psalm 51 highlights David's plea for divine mercy as essential for reconciliation and forgiveness, emphasizing that without mercy, no one could stand before God. Furthermore, mercy underscores the truth that salvation is not based on our merits but solely on the grace given through Christ. This truth fosters humility and dependence on God, creating a deeper appreciation for the Gospel and encouraging believers to extend mercy to others as they have received.

Q: Who benefits from the sure mercies of David?

The sure mercies of David are for everyone who recognizes their need and thirst for God's grace. The promise of the sure mercies of David is made specifically to those who recognize their spiritual thirst and inability to save themselves. Isaiah 55:1 emphasizes that it is 'everyone that thirsteth' who is invited to partake in these mercies. This portrays a clear distinction; the mercies are not for the self-sufficient but for the humble, the needy, and those who turn to God in faith. As Jesus stated in Matthew 9:12, He came to call sinners, reinforcing that the mercies of God are available to those who acknowledge their need for salvation.

Q: Where can we find the sure mercies of David?

The sure mercies of David can be found in Christ, who embodies the fulfillment of God's promises. The sure mercies of David are ultimately found in Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of God's covenant promises. Hebrews 9 and 10 clarifies that the eternal redemption brought by Christ is where believers encounter these mercies. In Christ, all the shadows of the Old Testament, including the tabernacle and Aaronic priesthood, converge, pointing to the reality of God's merciful plan for salvation. Thus, by recognizing Christ as the source of these mercies, believers can approach God with confidence and assurance of their acceptance through Him.

I'd like for you, first of all,
to open your Bibles to the book of Acts chapter 13. Acts chapter 13. Now, the apostle
is preaching here. Let's begin our reading with
verse 26. Acts 13, 26, Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham,
and whosoever among you feareth God, everybody who fears God
among you, to you is this word, is the word of this salvation,
to you is the word of this salvation sent, you who fear God. For they that dwell at Jerusalem,
and their rulers, because they knew Him not, they knew not God,
and they knew not His Son, and they didn't know yet the voices
of the prophets which were read every Sabbath day. This is the
religious people. They read Isaiah and Jeremiah
and Daniel and Moses, They didn't know what these men were saying.
You see, to Him give all the prophets witness to Christ. And
these men, they were rulers. They didn't know God. They didn't
know Christ. They didn't even know the voice
of the prophets which were read to them every Sabbath day. And
they fulfilled the prophets' prophecy when they condemned
Christ. They did the very thing God said
they would do. And though they found no cause
of death in Him, They found no reason to condemn Him or put
Him to death, yet desired they Pilate that He should be slain,
give us Barabbas and crucify Jesus. And when they had fulfilled
all that was written of Him, this is how blind this natural flesh is. Here these
men were reading the Old Testament Scriptures which bear witness
of Christ to whom bear witness, and they didn't recognize Him,
they didn't know Him, and the very thing that God prophesied
concerning the death of Christ, they fulfilled every jot and
tittle of it. When they fulfilled everything
that was written of Him, they took Him down from the tree where
they had nailed Him and laid Him in a sepulchre. But God raised Him from the dead.
And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from
Galilee to Jerusalem, that is, his disciples, who are his witnesses
unto the people. And we declare unto you good
news, glad tidings, the gospel, how that the promise which was
made to the fathers, God said, I'll raise up a prophet from
among you like unto Moses. There'll be a king like David,
there'll be a high priest with an effectual atonement, all of
these prophecies which God promises, God made to the fathers. Verse
33, He hath fulfilled those promises and prophecies unto us, their
children, in that He raised up Jesus again from the dead. As
it is also written in the second Psalm, Thou art my Son this day. have I begotten thee?" And as
concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more
to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I'll give unto
you the sure mercies of David. I'll give unto you in Christ,
through Christ, because of the work of Christ. I'll give you,
I'll give you the sure mercies of David. Turn over to Isaiah 55, and then
it refers to this scripture over here. I have given to you the
sure mercies of David. To somebody. Those religious folks didn't
participate. They didn't know him. They didn't
recognize him. Isaiah 55, look at verse 1. Everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. He that
hath no money, come ye buy and eat. Yea, come buy wine and milk,
the most precious commodity, without any money and without
any price. Why do you spend money for that
which is not bread? Why do you spend your labor for
that which can never satisfy? Hearken unto me. And eat ye that
which is good, and let your soul delight itself in plenty." Fatness. Incline your ear. Incline your
ear. He that hath ears to hear, let
him hear. Come unto me, hear, and your
soul will live, and I'll make an everlasting covenant with
you Even the sure mercies of David. Now what are we talking about
here? The sure mercies of David. Talks about that over here in
Isaiah 55 and then the Apostle talks about it over there in
Acts 13. What are we talking about? Well, first of all, we're
talking about mercy. We're not talking about reward.
They are not talking about rewards. I don't know anything about rewards.
I don't expect any personal rewards. Honestly, before God, I say that. With Abraham, Christ is my reward. He said to Abraham, I am your
exceeding great reward. We are not talking about rewards.
We are not talking about wages. We're not talking about blessings
earned. We're talking here about mercies.
That's what we know. Mercies. Mercy. God said, I'll
be merciful to whom I will be merciful. We're talking about
the free, sovereign mercies of God to undeserving sinners. Let
me just read something to you. Don't turn over there. Here in
Psalm 51, David said, Have mercy upon me, O God. Lord, he said, if thou shouldest
mark iniquity, who'll stand? But there's mercy, there's forgiveness
with thee that thou mayest be feared. Have mercy upon me, O
God, according to your loving kindness, according to the multitude
of your tender mercies. Brought out my transgression.
Are you interested in mercy? I'm dead serious. Mercy. Mercy
for the miserable. Are you interested in grace for
the guilty? Are you interested in pardon? Free, full pardon. Are you interested in rest and
eternal life? Entering into the joys of the
Lord. That's what we're talking about
here. Mercies. Mercies. I'll make a covenant
with you and I'll give you the sure mercies. Mercies. I'll give
it. I'll not sell it to you. It's
not mercy if you sell it. I'm not going to bargain with
you. If you do this, I'll do this.
That's not it at all. I'll give you the sure mercies
of David. I'll give you. I am a candidate
for the mercy. Now here's another word that
is so important. And I'll give you Sure mercies. Boy, I tell you, there's so few
sure things. Do you know anything that's sure?
Do you know anything that's sure? Can you think of anything? I
can't think of a thing that's sure. He says sure, not uncertain,
but sure. Not uncertain, but as certain
as the Word of God. Not temporary. But as sure as
the throne of God. This mercy I'm talking about
is as sure as the throne of God. It is as sure as the word of
God. And we're not talking about fleshly
blessings. Every time I turn on my TV, they try to sell me
a bill of goods about fleshly blessings. But those things aren't
sure. What we're talking about here,
twice he says in God's Word, and I'll give you the sure, sure
mercies. Sure mercies. What I'm talking
about here is guaranteed, certain covenant mercies, purposed, promised,
purchased, sealed by God Almighty in the name and blood of His
Son. Woo! Now that's some sure mercy. Sure mercy. Let the ceremonialists
sprinkle the infant. They go through the ceremony
and bring him down and put the water. They don't tell that kid,
they don't tell what will happen to him. These people flock down
the aisle, shake the hands of the preachers. I watch all these
people gathered in front of these preachers and they're saying,
say after me, you know, now you're saved. I wouldn't count on it. I wouldn't count on it. But I tell you, you can count
on what I'm talking about here if we can get in on this. If
we can find out the foundation for, the reason for, the basis
of, Sure mercies. Now that would be worthwhile,
wouldn't it? Tom, that's what caught my attention.
I'll give you certain, sure, guaranteed mercies. Certain,
sure, guaranteed mercies. Actually, if it were based on
a wage thing, you could never be sure of it because you'd never
know when you've done enough. Or you'd never know if you'd
keep on doing it or not. It's got to be grace that it
can be sure. It's got to be a free gift that
it can be sure. It's got to be based on the efforts
and work of another, not me, that it might be sure. And God
says, I'm going to give you, I'm going to make a covenant
with you, I'll make a contract, an agreement, call it what you
want to. I'm going to sign it and seal it in the blood of Christ.
And I'm going to give you sure mercy. But here is the delightful
word of David. I pick up this Bible from Genesis
to Revelation and read it, which many of you have. If you were to pick one man in
all of this Bible about whom you are dead sure that he is
with God. I mean dead sure. Not a doubt,
not the shadow of a doubt, that this man is with God. Who would
it be? David. That's right. Because my God
Himself, the living, eternal God, called him a man after God's
own heart. That's good enough, isn't it? I'm talking about the same mercies
and blessings that Almighty God gave to this man, David. This
man after his own heart, David, the son of Jesse. David, the
sweet psalmist of Israel, how blessed we are reading his psalms. David, the king of Israel, the
man of whom God said to Samuel, he's my chosen. Samuel tried
to anoint six or seven fellows, king, God stopped him. Finally,
God said to him, you're looking on the outward countenance, Samuel,
I'm looking on the heart, there's my king. David, anointed king,
David, set up by God Almighty, David, from whose loins the Messiah
came. That's right. Jesus of Nazareth,
Son of David. That's right. Son of God. Made
of the seed of David, declared the Son of God. But nevertheless,
the Son of David. And old David lay upon his deathbed. He died like we're going to die. Like all flesh dies. I tried to imagine one time the circumstances of that hour. I am sure David reigned in Jerusalem
so many years. It was a blessed reign. Oh, it had its ups and downs
and so forth, but it was a blessed time. God blessed Israel for
David's sake. They loved him. And David was
old and David was dying. And I'm sure the mourners were
going about the streets because the word had spread everywhere
that King David was dying up there in the palace, breathing
his last few breaths. And I know that the people were
so brokenhearted and burdened in the city and then around the
castle. And I expect that they were walking
about the castle speaking in whispers because up there in
his bedchamber, David was dying. And different ones were standing
about the bed, his trusted generals and his trusted leaders. And David was lying there on
the bed. breathing his last breath. And
they were listening to see if he would leave any word with
them. And he did. Samuel, the book of Samuel records
it. And it said before he died, these
were the last words of David, 2 Samuel 23, 5. He roused up and he said, although
it be not so with my house. And I'm sure he was thinking
about his son Absalom, who broke his heart. Don't you remember
when Absalom died, he said, would God have died for you. Amnon, the boy who assaulted
his sister, whom Absalom killed. One son killed the other one. David had some sad times. And
he was thinking about some of his people who were so close
to him, and left him, and people to whom he had been good, and
they had failed him. But he just said, although it
be not so with my house, my household is not not what it ought to be. But
he said, God hath made with me an everlasting covenant. What
does that say there? And I'll make with you an everlasting
covenant. God hath made with me an everlasting
covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, what does it say? And you want my last words, and
this is all my salvation and all my desire. And he died. Well, if you are
going to die in hope, that is where you are going to die. If
you are going to die in peace, that is where you are going to
die. If you are going to die with any confidence of any glory,
We're going to die that way. That's what I'm talking about.
Mercies. Sure mercies. And even the sure mercies of
David. Well, now that certainly ought
to get our interest, shouldn't it? Let me die the death of the righteous
and let my end be like His. That's the way I want to die.
That's the way I want to die. All right, secondly, who are
these sure mercies of David for? For whom are they given? Well,
let's look at chapter 55. It says, Hope! Get your attention. Hope. Everyone that thirsteth. These sure mercies of David are
for the needy. Everyone that thirsteth. You
know, I was sitting there thinking, I don't suppose I've been thirsty. I've been thirsty. I remember
one time I was in the Navy overseas. I was about 18 or 19. I was brought up in a home that was very religious
and there was a a rule, no alcohol of any shape, form, or fashion.
We didn't even drink haddycock, 50% alcohol. But it, we, I just brought up,
I had never ever tasted wine, beer, anything with any alcohol. I'd never ever tasted it, didn't
have any appetite for it. But we had a little off time
and we left the ship and got on a small boat, some of the
Captain and somebody said we could go on the island of Guam
and play some football You fellas ever been on Guam or South? That's
just 120 degrees. That's all it's hot on Guam or
Saipan down there in the South Pacific so we took the small
boat and headed for Guam and We gonna play some football.
We got out there and played football For an hour in that burning hot
Just having so much fun, just get off that boat for a little
while, you know. Put your feet on the ground for a little while.
And I'm telling you, when we finally reached pause in that
football game, I was thirsty. I mean thirsty. I can't remember ever being that
thirsty before or since. And the fellow named Buter, who
was a signalman first class, was in charge of bringing the
beverages for us to drink. He didn't drink Coca-Cola. He
didn't drink Pepsi-Cola. He didn't drink nothing but beer.
And I went over there and we raised the boxes of ice and things
and oh my soul how beautiful that ice was stacked in all those
cans. I picked up a can, beer. I picked
up another can, beer. The third can I drank. And the fourth one, I was thirsty, thirsty, thirsty. And that's who these sure mercies
are for. I mean, folks, you can't do without it. You've got to
have something to drink. Well, he said, if you're thirsty,
come to the water. Christ is the water. Are you thirsty? He
said, I didn't come to call the righteous, I came to call sinners.
If any man thirsts, let him come to me. Now, good people need
not apply. If there's anybody here tonight
that has an inclination toward these mercies, just if you're
good, just don't apply. They're not for you. They're
for the thirsty. Isn't that right? For everyone
that thirsts. That's pretty clear, isn't it?
This is discrimination. This is particular. This is for
certain people. This isn't for everybody. Somebody
says salvation is for everybody. No, it's not either. It's for
the thirsty. Oh, preacher, eternal life is
for everybody. I beg your pardon. It is not. It's for the thirsty.
The mercies of God are for the miserable. The grace of God is
for the guilty. I didn't come, Christ said, the
well don't need a physician. I didn't come to call the righteous,
I came to call sinners. Wait a minute, that's not all.
And he that's plumb broke, he that has no money. He didn't
say he that has a little money. No, you know, no money. No money. He that has no money, all he's
got is holes in his pocket. If you've got a talent, a tithe,
or a heart to give to God, don't come. I think it's very clear. Oh,
I'm going to give the sure mercies, the sure guaranteed mercies of
Christ in David, in Christ of David to somebody, and it's going
to be to the thirsty, and it's going to be to the fellow that
has no money, no money to buy anything, cannot purchase anything,
come and buy the essentials, come and buy the greatest, the
wine and milk, but don't you bring any money. In my hands
no price I bring, nothing but an appetite, nothing but a need.
Simply to the cross of Christ I cling. Let not conscience make
you linger, nor fitness fondly dream. All the fitness God requires
is to feel a need of Him. Now verse 2, you can buy imaginary
bread with your imaginary goodness. You can buy phony bread with
phony religion, but it won't satisfy. So he asked the question,
why are you doing it? Why do you do this? Why do you
spend... I look at these folks on their religious carrying's on, you know, and
I say, why are they doing this? They've got no joy, they've got
no rest, they've got no peace. They've got no sure mercy. Why
do they do it? Why do you spend money and time
and labor and effort for that which is not bread? It's not
bread. Why do you spend your labor and
effort for that which does not satisfy? Only Christ can satisfy
the longing heart. Only God's mercies can meet the
need of sinners. These things don't satisfy. He
said, hearken to me. Eat that which is good. Let your
soul delight itself in plenty, in plenty. He is plenteous in
redemption. Plenteous, plenteous. We have received of the Lord
double for our sin. Plenteous redemption. So he says,
listen to verse 3, Incline your ear. Incline your ear, listen. Faith
comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. Incline your
ear, come to me. Hear now, hear and your soul
will live. And I'll make an everlasting
covenant. I'll make an endless covenant.
It has no limit either way. It's everlasting both ways, this
covenant. I've drawn you with an everlasting
love. even the sure mercies of David. Are you interested? Well, what
are these mercies? Well, let me list five. What are these mercies? Number one, what would it mean to you? What
would it be worth? To know that all your sins, I
mean, I don't know how to present this, but I mean past, present,
and future. I mean sins of word, thought,
and deed. I mean sins of omission and commission. Sins of neglect, secret sins. Sins you don't even know anything
about. But every offense in any way against God Almighty and
charged to your name was completely forgiven and remembered no more. What would that mean to you?
That would be a mercy, wouldn't it? Can you think of anything
better? All right, secondly, what would
it mean to you to know that the holy, and God
is holy, holy and reverent is His name, that the holy righteous
God of heaven and earth, of heaven and earth, is totally reconciled to you
that you are His friend. He is not angry. He is totally
reconciled to you and you have perfect peace with God Almighty
before whom you stand in Christ, holy, unblameable, unreprovable. What would that mean? That would be a mercy. Be accepted
of God. Caught up in His love. Perfectly
holy. Thirdly, what would it mean to
you to know that you, a child of
God, in every event, trial, blessing or sorrow, every step of your
life, every moment of every day, and each step of the way, is ordered, purposed, planned,
and decreed and designed by your loving Heavenly Father. And nothing
that you do or anyone can do that will not be for your eternal
good and His glory. That would be something worth
it. I mean every step of the way. Planned by God. Fourthly,
you know to most people religion There may be people here tonight,
I don't know of any, but there may be, to whom religion is a
distasteful thing, it's a bore, it's a tiresome duty. Like Ron
told a story last Sunday to our class, he said this man and his
wife were getting ready to go to church one Easter, And she
said, we've got to go, hurry up. He said, well, wait a minute,
I want to look up the address of the church. Well, she said,
I don't know why you'd have to look it up. We were there last
Easter. Now, that's a drag, isn't it? But how would you like to have
a nature that actually loves the house of God? They could
say, I'm glad when they said to me, let's go to the house
of God. That would be a mercy. He actually looks forward to
worship, looks forward to praise, looks forward to fellowship,
delights to do God's will. A nature to which prayer, worship,
praise is a joy and not a duty. To be totally delivered from
the foreign tradition and duties of religion into the glorious
liberty and life of a child of God. You don't have to put on
any religious front for anybody. But you've got a relationship
with God. That would be a mercy. And then fifthly, what would
it mean to you to welcome old age and death? I mean actually welcome old age
and death as a blessing and not a curse. To be able to say with
Paul, for me to live is Christ, for me to die is gain. Actually,
he said, I'm in a straight betwixt the two. I have a desire to depart
now and to be with Christ, which is far better. Now, that would
be a mercy, wouldn't it? Do you really mean that? The hymn writer put it this way,
there is a house not made with hands, eternal and on high, and
here my waiting spirit stands until God shall bid it fly. Tis by his almighty grace he
hath made me fit for heaven, and as a token of that place
to me his spirit has been given. So let come, let come whatever
will. Let cares like a wild deluge
come and storms of sorrow fall. By His grace, I'll reach that
heavenly home. My God, my glory, my all. That's those sure mercies of
David. But none of that is sure except
in Christ. That brings me to the last question
I'll close. Where are these sure mercies?
I want you to turn to the book of Hebrews. Now, last week I
was preaching in Virginia, down in Newport News, and one night
I did what I'm going to do right now, and I felt like that I was
able to present the gospel as clearly as I've ever been able
to present it. You see, the Old Testament and
New Testament, it doesn't matter where you turn, the Old Testament
and New Testament has one message, and that one message is redemption
in Christ. The redemption of God in Christ
Jesus. I don't care whether you're reading
Genesis or Revelation, whether you're reading Exodus or Jude,
whether you're reading Psalms or whether you're reading Romans,
it's Christ. It's Christ. And God never has
saved people but one way, and that's through Christ. All these
sure mercies of David are in Christ Jesus. But back here in
the Old Testament, we have Christ in picture. We have Christ in
promise, Christ in pattern, Christ in type. Over in the New Testament,
we have Christ in person, Christ manifested, Christ revealed,
Christ actually accomplishing all that's promised and prophesied
of Him. And back in the Old Testament,
now did you find Hebrews 9, Hebrews chapter 9? Back in the Old Testament,
called the first covenant. Now stay with me. There were
three things essential to worship. There were three things essential,
absolutely essential to coming before God. There was a tabernacle
where God met men and men met God. There was a priest. a representative, through whom
God met men and through whom men met God. And there was a
mercy seat where an atonement was made. Now, I tell you, there
is no coming to God without those three things in the Old Testament.
Here it is in Hebrews 9, verse 1, Then verily, the first covenant,
the first He said, I'll make a new covenant with you in the
sure mercies of the day. But it had ordinances. It had
ceremonies of divine service. It had a worldly sanctuary. But
there was a tabernacle. There was a tabernacle. And the
first part of the tabernacle, there was a candlestick and the
table and the showbread, which is called the sanctuary. But
then there was that second veil. And after the second veil, the
tabernacle, which is called the holiest of all, that's the holy
of holies. And in the Holy of Holies was
the Ark of the Covenant. It had the golden censer, the
Ark of the Covenant, overlaid round about with gold, wherein
was the golden pot that had manna, and Abram's rod that budded,
and the tables of the Covenant. In this Holy of Holies was an
Ark, and in that Ark was the broken law, and Abram's rod that
budded, and the pot of manna. Now, and over it Over that ark
and mercy seat, the cherubim of glue is shattering the mercy
seat of which we cannot now speak particularly. But when these
things were thus ordained, the priest went always into the first
tabernacle accomplishing the services of God, but into the
second went the high priest alone once every year, not without
blood which he offered for himself and the sins of the people. You
got that? Back in the Old Testament, under the Levitical Law, under
the Old Covenant, God gave to Moses, and He said, make it just
like I tell you now, don't you deviate one iota from what I
tell you. There's a tabernacle, and there
was a high priest, and once a year he came under the veil with the
incense and the blood and sprinkled it on the mercy seat, and there
was atonement, there was atonement, there was reconciliation in type,
in picture. waiting till Christ came. Now
watch the next verses. The Holy Ghost thus signified,
here's what the Holy Ghost was saying when that way stood, that
the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, it
was not yet revealed. While that first tabernacle was
yet standing, which was a figure, not a way of salvation, a picture
for the then, for the time then present, in which was offered
both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him that did the
service perfect as pertaining to the conscience. If they could,
they wouldn't offer but one sacrifice. But the very fact that they offered
a sacrifice every year, an atonement every year, said this, sin still
stood. Because the blood of an animal
cannot take away the sin of a man. But that was worship in type,
worship in picture. And these things stood in meats
and drinks and different washings and baptisms and carnal ceremonies
imposed on them until the time of reformation, until the time
of regeneration, until the time of the revelation of Christ,
until John would say, Behold the Lamb of God. Someone here tonight may say,
well, Most of you know this clearly,
but maybe somebody will say, well, we don't have a tabernacle,
we don't have a high priest, we don't have a blood offering
at all. Oh yes we do. God hasn't changed, and sinners
haven't changed. Men come to God today exactly
like they did back then. God meets them in the tabernacle
where the high priest offers his blood. Now watch this next
verse. But Christ being come, a high priest of good things
to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle. What is the
tabernacle? His body. He tabernacled among
us. Where did God meet men in the
Old Testament? Tabernacle. Where did God meet
men now? In Christ. Where did men meet
God then? Tabernacle. Where do you meet
God today? In Christ. He tabernacled among us. Read
on. Not made with hands, that is to say, not this building,
neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood,
He entered once into the holy place, where is that? Heaven
itself, having obtained eternal redemption for us. Now look at Hebrews 10. Verse 11, Hebrews 10, 11, And
every priest back yonder standeth daily, ministering, offering
all times the same sacrifices, which can never take away sin.
But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sin forever,
sat down at the right hand of God, from henceforth expecting
till his enemies be made his footstool. This is the new covenant.
He said, I'll make a new covenant. I'll give you the sure mercies
of David. By one offering he perfected
for ever them that are sanctified, verse 15, whereof the Holy Ghost
also is a witness to us, for after that he said before, this
is the covenant I'll make with them after those days, saith
the Lord, I'll put my law in their hearts, I'll write it on
their minds, and their sins and iniquities will I remember no
more. Now where remission of these is, there's no more offering
for sin. Having therefore, brethren, boldness
to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, by a new
and living way which he consecrated for us through the veil, that
is to say, his flesh, our tabernacle, and having a high priest over
the house of God, let us come boldly. Let us draw near. with a true
heart in full assurance, sure mercies, full assurance, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies
washed with pure water. My friend, that's as plain as
I can make the gospel in the way to God. That's as plain as
I can make it. God said, I'll make an everlasting
covenant, and I'll give you even the sure mercies of David. It's like the mercies He gave
David, but it's the mercies of the Son of David, who is our
Lord Jesus Christ. Are you in on that? Well, if
you heard, He said, incline your ear. Are you thirsty? Come. Are
you poor? Come. And hear, and your soul
will live. Now, preachers, is there something
you want me to do? Yeah, I want you to look to Christ.
Look to Christ. Look to Him alone. In here, with
all your heart, just look to Him. Lord, here I am. Here I
am. I would desperately desire the
sure mercies of David, and I have nothing to offer, bring, or with
which to buy, but I look to Christ.

The Sure Mercies of David

What does the Bible say about mercies?

How do we know the sure mercies of David are true?

Why is mercy important for Christians?

Who benefits from the sure mercies of David?

Where can we find the sure mercies of David?

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The Sure Mercies of David

What does the Bible say about mercies?

How do we know the sure mercies of David are true?

Why is mercy important for Christians?

Who benefits from the sure mercies of David?

Where can we find the sure mercies of David?

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