How do the Gentiles come to glorify God for His mercy?
Gentiles glorify God for His mercy through the promises made to the fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. As verse 9 declares, it is by those promises that the Gentiles might glorify God for His mercy, showing that God's mercy and grace extend beyond Israel to include them.
Les explains that Christ came first to the nation of Israel to confirm the promises and covenants made to the fathers—Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. When Israel rejected Him, culminating in the stoning of Stephen, the message went to the Gentiles through Paul. But Les emphasizes that this inclusion of the Gentiles was not an afterthought; it had its seed back in the Old Testament. So the Gentiles glorify God for His mercy because they are brought into the same promises made to the fathers, experiencing God's mercy and grace.
And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name.