The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:10
Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.A clean heartI. The blessing asked for. It may refer to two distinct graces, conversion or entire sanctification. For when a man is converted there is still in him an inclination to evil, the struggle between the flesh and the spirit: his soul is not altogether pure. He has need of a more complete sanctification, of deliverance from all sin. And to this our text may be referred. A clean heart is one purified by... read more
The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 51:9-10
Psalms 51:9-10Hide Thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.God’s pardoning graceThis psalm is made up partly of confessions and acknowledgments of his great crimes, partly of petitions and supplications, wherein he intercedes for pardon, and prays for forgiveness. And this was but necessary to complete the duty of confession, which without this additional act of devotion might have looked rather like a daring defiance of Divine justice; God having nowhere promised us His pardon,... read more