Mandate of Mercy to YOU

When I passed by thee,

I said unto thee,

Live.

Ezekiel 16:6

"SAVED one, consider gratefully this mandate of mercy.
Note that this fiat of God is majestic.

In our text, we perceive a sinner with nothing in him but sin, expecting nothing but wrath;
but the eternal Lord passes by in His glory;
--He looks.
--He pauses, and
--He pronounces the solitary but royal word, "Live."

There speaks a God.

Who but He could venture thus to deal with life and dispense it with a single syllable?

 

The sinner is ready to be condemned, but the mighty One saith, "Live," and he rises pardoned and absolved.

Note again, that it is an irresistible mandate.
Saul of Tarsus is on the road to Damascus to arrest the saints of the living God. A voice is heard from heaven and a light is seen above the brightness of the sun, and Saul is crying out, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?" This God has bidden you live".
Charles Spurgeon