Thoughts for another day

December 6, 2006

Today's verse: Ps 32:1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (KJV)

In reading Paul’s letter to the Romans, various truths about the Grace of God emerge. I found a truth of great value in the above verse, which Paul attributes to David in Ps. 32.

In His Word, God is clear about our righteousness: It is a filthy rag! (Is. 64:6). Can we then work out our righteousness let’s say by doing penance of an extreme kind, which we read in the myths of the world? Or can we wipe the slates of our hearts clean of all blemishes by doing all good work possible? Think about it. Do you think that we doing anything can wipe off sin, the indelible mark on the very fabric of our eternal souls? What is the answer that comes to mind?

No matter how righteous we become, we cannot wipe the spots on our souls created by our sins and then again, no person on the face of the earth is without sin. So then, how can we attain the purity that can take us before the throne of ultimate purity? It is only the righteousness of the One who sits on that throne. Nothing else.

God who loved us with an everlasting love has imparted us that righteousness. Not by mere verdict or decree because that would negate the justice of God. It would have gone against His nature for He is a just God and in His sight justice prevails. So He decreed that One who will be blemishless would take our place. Who could He find without sin except His only begotten Son? And therefore He sent His Son, to be born of a woman and to die a death most cursed and when He died, our sins were nailed with Him on the cross. When He rose, we too rose with Him unto eternal life.

This is difficult to understand and it’s better to not understand it but believe. All the righteousness of God is imparted to us when we believe in His only begotten Son as John says in 3:16, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Because God has done all this for us, we too can tell ourselves just as David did or Paul reflected, ‘Blessed am I for my transgression is removed and my sin washed.’ Declare it and truly, God’s Grace will flood your heart as the sweetness of His love holds you in His heavenly fragrance.