Messengers of Mercy

"The posts went with the letters from the king... saying... The LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him... but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them" (2 Chronicles 30:6-10).  "Let the redeemed of the LORD say so" (Psalm 107:2).  "The heart of the righteous studieth to answer" (Proverbs 15:28).  "Who then can be saved?... With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible" (Matthew 19:25,26). 

The messengers of Hezekiah

Went forth with letters that He sent

To turn the hearts to their Messiah

And draw those who would then repent. 

It happened, as it does today,

That many mocked their message then. 

They laughed at them and turned away

The mercy offered by those men. 

Let not the mockery of those

Who will not view the evidence

Now mute the truth that Jesus rose  

And wrongly silence our defense. 

Let every soul redeemed from sin

Be ready now to answer well

The reason of our hope within

That Christ alone can save from hell.

So who then shall be saved at last? 

With men this is impossible,

Yet all our sins on Christ were cast,

So He alone can save the soul. 

As messengers of mercy here

We take the Gospel of God's grace

To those who yet will turn with fear

And find in Christ their Hiding Place.

O Lord, You left Your throne above

To bring Your mercy down to man. 

We are Your messengers of love

To show Your Gospel's wondrous plan! 

Lord, soon You shall return to earth,

And every knee to You shall bow.

As messengers with second birth,

We show Your mercy offered now.