According To His Mercy I

Preached October 4, 2026 - Morning Sermon
Text: Psalm 103:8-17
Heritage Baptist Church

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Sermon Description

David writes Psalm 103 not as a classroom theologian, but as a sinner who has failed God, known guilt, and been forgiven, and so he cannot stop praising. The burden of the text is given at the start: God's mercy is greater than our sin, His forgiveness is complete, and His covenant love endures forever. Mercy is not a mood God sometimes has; it is who He is, the same Lord who named Himself merciful after the golden calf and who has not dealt with us after our sins, because justice and mercy met at Calvary in Jesus Christ. Forgiveness does more than pity: it removes transgression as far as the east is from the west, blots the record, and refuses to charge the debt again, so the believer must stop dredging up what Christ has already borne. That mercy had no beginning and has no end; it saves, it sustains through every season, and it does not stop at the grave.

Scripture

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him. For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children.
- Psalm 103:8-17

Reflection Questions

1. In what ways is God's mercy abundant?
2. How do we know God's forgiveness is complete?
3. Why is it important to remember God's love is everlasting?
4. What stories from scripture display God's mercy?

Adapted from the sermon preached October 4, 2026 by Pastor Titus Cannon.

For further reading: Psalm 103:8-17; Psalm 51:1; Exodus 34:6-7; Isaiah 53:5; Romans 5:8; Ephesians 2:4-5;1689 Confession, 2.1.

Titus Cannon, Pastor | Heritage Baptist Church

Titus has lived in five Southern states but has gladly called Alabama home since 2005. He and his wife Cammy have 10 children. Baptized at the young age of eight, he has long had a love for the Lord. After a debilitating injury in 2012 he learned to lean on God in many ways. Through this experience, God called him to not just be a student of the Word but also a messenger of the Word. He was ordained to ministry in 2021.