The Merciful One

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Dec 3, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 47.

WHILE the Christian need not sin, while he should make no provision for sin, yet if he does fail through the weakness of the flesh, there is forgiveness. He may fall again and again; God is merciful still. The danger lies not in exhausting God's mercy, but in crushing out forever from the heart all desire for good, all sorrow for sin, till there is no longer any desire for God. It is so easy for poor, fallen humanity to make mistakes, to fail because of lack of vigilance and prayer. But God will forgive not only seven times, but seventy times seven. But let us not presume on His love; rather let us lay hold of His strength. Let the prayer of the heart be, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right [constant] spirit within me." Ps. 51:10.