Wednesday, October 2, 2013

TRANSFORMED BY GOD’S LOVE AND MERCY!

We are forgiven!



Psalm 51:1-2

1 Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin! 

We remember the time when David went to God for forgiveness. He had sinned by committing adultery with Beersheba, and by then having her husband Uriah killed, to cover his sin.

Why would David, under the inspiration of God, write a psalm that would remind all of his sins for thousands of years? Certainly it was both the overflow of his repentant heart, and, in the long term, to teach some very valuable lessons.

David is described by God, Himself, as a man after His own heart.

Acts 13:22-23
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’ From this man's offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as He promised. 

David loved God, he pleased God, and was chosen by God to be not only the king of Israel, but also in the lineage of Christ. He was inspired by God to write about 78 psalms recorded in the Scriptures.

We should never believe that we are above any sin. Our lives need to be in continuous submission to God, for when we allow ungodliness to creep into our lives, the most heinous sins can follow right behind.

When David sinned, his return to God was based on the only way any person ever receives forgiveness: by God’s grace, alone.

There is no sin that cannot be forgiven; the grace and love of God is sufficient to forgive every sin.

1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

David approaches God on the basis of His steadfast love and abundant mercy.

God’s love can never be merited, or even attracted, by us. God is so holy and pure that He could never have loved us, based on what He saw in us. His love is perfect, eternal, unwavering, faithful, true, relentless, and immense. Paul had to pray that believers would understand this transforming love of God in Christ.

Ephesians 3:17-19
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

God’s love goes beyond anything we could ever imagine.

David knows that his forgiveness will come only by the limitless grace of God. Grace cannot be deserved, or it would stop being grace. God loves to show His grace to undeserving man. Only those who humbly come to Christ, broken and aware of their inability to please Him, will find grace.

John 1:14,16,17
And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth… For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Apart from grace, we could never even approach God, no matter what kind of sin we have committed.

Romans 5:1-2
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

Romans 3:23,24
for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,

God is the only One who can wash away sin; David knew this very well, and so he came to Him for forgiveness.

Dear friend, no matter what sin you may have committed, there is forgiveness by coming to Christ in faith. There is no sin that cannot be forgiven, and no sin that can be forgiven any other way.

Our hearts should be overwhelmed by the love of Christ and by His mercy! We should also be watchful and sober, as we live our lives. Any of us is capable of any sin, and we know that there is no sin acceptable in God’s eyes. He is grieved every time we sin. May our confession of every known sin be both sincere and prompt.


We are blessed beyond our understanding! This love and grace must surely transform our lives!

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