Pardoning mercy – Thomas Brooks

“Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord does not count against him.” Psalm 32:1-2

A pardoned soul must be a very blessed soul.

Ah, souls! of all mercies, pardoning mercy is the most necessary mercy. I may go to heaven without honors, and without riches, and without the smiles of creatures; but I can never go to heaven without pardoning mercy. A man may be great and graceless, he may be rich and miserable, he may be honorable and damnable.

Pardon entitles souls to all blessedness, it puts the royal crown upon their heads. Of all mercies, pardoning mercy is the most sweetening mercy; it is a choice jewel, and swims to the soul in the blood of Jesus.

Pardon of sin is a voluminous mercy, a mercy which has many, many precious mercies in its womb! It ushers in troops of mercy. When you can number the sands of the sea, and count the stars of heaven, then, and not until then, shall you be able to recount the mercies which attend pardoning mercy.

He who has this mercy cannot be miserable and he who lacks it cannot be happy! Get this and get all miss this and miss all.

Pardoning mercy is a gift conferred only upon Christ’s favorites: “Son, be of good cheer, your sins are forgiven you!” Mat. 9:2.

No mercy will make a man everlastingly blissful but pardoning mercy. He has no reason to be sad who has his pardon in his bosom. Nor has he has any reason to be glad who is upon the last step of the ladder, ready to be turned off without his pardon.