Deliver Me and I Shall Sing
Minister: | Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: | 8/11/2019 AM |
Text: | Psalm 51:14,15 |
Psalters: | 292, 389, 141, 408 |
Sacrament of the Lord's Supper |
- Delivered from what?
- “Blood-guiltiness.”
- David sees himself covered with blood.
- Though the Hebrew word is only “blood,” The translation of “blood-guiltiness” is correct.
- Now David’s honest sense of his sin afflicts his soul with tremendous agony of guilt.
- “Deliver me” is an urgent request to be rescued, delivered, saved, snatched away.
- David is seeking to be delivered out of his guilt.
- David’s reference to God’s “righteousness” shows that he is not looking for an easy out (for God to set it aside).
- The cry for deliverance of this sin is repeated every time the memory (which cannot be stopped) returns.
- “Blood-guiltiness.”
- Deliverance unto what? The praise of God!
- This is not a bribe, nor a repayment, because he (and we) cannot praise God unless He opens our lips to do so.
- But now David is confident about his being delivered, for he sees “God, Thou God of my salvation.”
- God alone can save, and He has purposed to give salvation according to His grace.
- Second, David’s confidence of being forgiven is evidenced in his promises to “sing aloud of Thy righteousness” and his “mouth shall shew forth Thy praise.”
- Therefore he vows to sing of “Thy praise.”
- David promises to praise God lustily (“sing aloud”), not a little, but with ringing cries of joy, exultation, and praise.
- As our sins make loud noises, so should our songs of praise.
- To whom much is forgiven, much love is expressed in the vehemence of one’s singing.