Forgiveness

I was reading Psalms 24 this morning and I thought I would do a Tidbit on it.  There are two questions in this Psalm that may be just as interesting to you as they were to me.  They are in verse 3, they say this, “Who may ascend into the hill of the Lord? Or who may stand in His holy place?”  When I think of God’s holiness and His righteousness and how pure He is, if I didn’t know what I know today, I would say no one could stand in His holy place.  The reason I would say that is because I know that all men and women are sinful, born in sin and full of iniquity, and because of it we are all separated from this holy God, who is so pure that He cannot even look at sin.  

Think about Jesus’ words when He became the sacrificial Lamb who was slain for our sins.  Jesus said this in Matthew 27:46, “And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’”  At that time Jesus took the sins of the world on His shoulders, and God turned His back on the sins that Jesus was willing to die for, because He cannot look at sin because of His holiness.  I can’t prove that, but that is what I believe.

David goes on to say this in Psalms24:4-6,

“He who has clean hands and a pure heart,

Who has not lifted up his soul to an idol,

Nor sworn deceitfully.

He shall receive blessing from the Lord,

And righteousness from the God of his salvation.

This is Jacob, the generation of those who seek Him,

Who seek Your face. Selah”

Question: how can anyone have clean hands and a pure heart when all of us have sinned, excluding no one but the Godhead, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit plus the angels that are with God in heaven?  David said this in his repentant prayer in Psalm 51:5 about himself, “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.”  David knew the truth and he admitted it so he repented and found forgiveness and right standing with the Lord and you can too, this is the good news.  God loved us so much that He provided a way for us to stand before Him blameless, without sin.  Read these exciting verses found in the book of John 3:16-17, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.”

This is great news, even though we were separated from God because of our sins and had no possible way to be right with Him in ourselves; God knew this and made a way.  God sent His only begotten Son and Jesus was willing to suffer many things and much pain so that we could be made right with God!! 

All we have to do is believe this super great message from God’s Word, believing that Christ came as a baby and walked the earth, was crucified, died and was buried and then rose from the dead and through His shed blood He paid for our sins and brought about the redemption and the means for the forgiveness of our sins.  If you are serious, repent, which means to turn and go in the other direction, and ask the Lord to forgive you of your sins and come into your heart and live and be your Lord and Savior and I believe He will forgive you and make you His child!!  But, let me encourage you to take your time and don’t hurry through this process, let the Lord fill you with His peace, love and joy then go and rejoice in the Lord and share with others what the Lord has done in your life.  Start growing in your new found faith and find a church that believes the Word and teaches it.  Don’t forget to thank and praise the Lord!!  May God bless you and yours and may you have a super day!!