What Christ has Done for Me
Archibald O. Brown. Psalm 66:16-20 Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul. I. LET US TRY AND TELL THE TALE. "What He hath done for my soul." What has He done? 1. He has done that which no one else could have done. From first to last the work is of His own right hand, and infinitely beyond the power of any other. No angel, nor any number of angels, could have done for me what He has done. They may, indeed, "excel in strength," but the work required as far exceeded their strength as their might exceeds a gnat's. Angels have done great things — see Egypt and Sennacherib — but they could not do this. He has done that which no minister, nor any number of them could do; and what I could never have done fox myself. 2. He has done that which requires many words to describe. Saved! Ah, that is a grand word worthy of being written in letters of gold. A saved soul includes many things. A saved soul is a God-pardoned soul; a God-reconciled soul; a sin-delivered soul; a heaven-entitled soul. 3. He has done that which can never be more completely done. 4. And which can never be undone. 5. He has done that for my soul which brings more glory to His name than all His other works. See Paul. 6. He hath done that for my soul which I am able to know is done. If a man does not know what God has done for his soul, there is some reason to believe that nothing has yet been done. Is conversion so minute a matter, so small a change that it can only be detected by the most delicate tests, and then never to a certainty? Nonsense. That is a poor kind of conversion that only remains a trembling hope and never develops into a conscious fact. 7. He has done for my soul that which will bear the test of eternity. II. A FEW REASONS THAT WARRANT TELLING THE TALE. 1. Saints in all ages have done the same. See Paul. Throughout all his epistles the same thing shines. He never forgets his own salvation. Glistening like little gems in a setting of gold are those personal allusions. "I obtained mercy." "Of whom I am chief." "By the grace of God I am what I am." Too often we forget that we have been purged from our old sins; the day of our conversion grows dim in the distance, and our heart's love loses its fervour and intensity. The fire becomes caked over and gives out but little heat. Tell the tale, and in telling it, old memories spring into fresh life. The fire is stirred, its hardening crust is broken, and the flames leap out as bright as ever. Oh, it is a grand thing for one's own soul to live over again the day of conversion. Tell it, it is the best argument with sinners. The world can understand a fact far better than a theory. (Archibald O. Brown.) Parallel Verses KJV: Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. WEB: Come, and hear, all you who fear God. I will declare what he has done for my soul.