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Psalm chapter 106, verse 8.

Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

Ah, this is such a good verse.

It summarizes a core truth of Christianity, a core truth in the Bible that we need to make sure

we get, because we can miss it and so many people miss it.

So let me, let me say the verse again, Psalm 106, verse 8.

Yet he saved them, God saved them for his name's sake, that he might make known his mighty power.

And the context here is recounting God's salvation specifically of his people from slavery

in Egypt. That's what verse 7 says, our fathers when they were in Egypt did not consider

your wondrous works. They didn't remember the abundance of your steadfast love. They rebelled

by the sea at their red sea, but yet, verse 8 says, he saved them for his name's sake.

So get what the Bible is teaching here. Get what God is teaching us here. He saves us. He lovingly,

graciously mercifully saves us. And lovingly graciously and mercifully, those are the right words.

That's the whole point of even me reading verse 7 is it's not that the people of God

deserved his salvation. They had rebelled against him. That's a language right before verse 8.

Yet God saved them. This is Romans 5. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us,

even though we had rebelled against God, God saved us. But why? And Psalm 106 verse 8 makes clear.

God saves us for his own names sake. God saves us ultimately for his glory. This doesn't in any way

take away from his love for us. His mercy and grace toward us. He is absolutely loving,

gracious, merciful. And in his love and grace and mercy, he saves us from our sin, from ourselves.

He draws us into relationship with him. He gives us the greatest possible gift himself.

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