STOP JUSTIFYING YOUR SIN, GOD DELIGHTS IN FORGIVING!

YOU CANNOT REPENT UNLESS YOU CALL SIN WHAT GOD CALLS SIN

READ PSALM 51

Psalm 51:3-6

3 For I know my transgressions,

and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against you, you only, have I sinned

and done what is evil in your sight,

so that you may be justified in your words

and blameless in your judgment.

5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity,

and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, you delight in truth in the inward being,

and you teach me wisdom in the secret heart. 

David approached God on the basis of the Lord’s mercy and love. He knew that only God could forgive sin, and repentance and confession were the only responses that were acceptable to Him.

David knew the gravity and the depth of his sin. No one will ever repent and confess unless he agrees to call sin what God calls sin. Man, in his corrupt nature, will always deflect responsibility for sin. Man minimizes sin and tends to blame circumstances or people. David knew very well that he, alone, was responsible for his sin.

He also realized that his sin offended God, first and foremost. Again, as men, we tend to judge the gravity of our sin by its consequences and by the awareness that other people have about it.

As sinners, we also tend to compare our sin to those of others and to evaluate it on the basis of comparison.

David comes before God and recognizes the fact that he has offended God, Himself. He says that he has done evil in the sight of God. His sin is evaluated on the basis of God’s standards and not man’s evaluations or excuses.

No sin ever escapes the sight of God. We often forget that God's vision penetrates even in the most secret and most remote places.

Sin is serious and is never hidden; it offends God every time, and can never be overlooked by God. We should never minimize our transgressions.

But the amazing reality is that God is willing to forgive those who come to Him with a contrite heart.

Isaiah 43:25

 “I, I am he who blots out your transgressions for my own sake,

and I will not remember your sins. 

God has provided a way to forgive sin that does not compromise His holiness and justice. This forgiveness is not based on the behavior or merits of man, but completely on God’s provision through His Son, Jesus Christ.

David knows that he was born in sin and lived in a sinful world. This fact did not justify his sins, for it only proved his total inability to find a human solution.

Man thinks he can offer some kind of restitution, or in some way attract God’s forgiveness, but it’s so clear: man cannot do anything and until he realizes this, he will never come to God in the

necessary humility to find true forgiveness.

God delights in forgiving. He loves to show mercy and grace. He desires to forgive repentant sinners. He always does it the same way: by grace through faith.

Dear friends, are you encouraged by this truth, or have you spent too much time covering or rationalizing your sins? God wants to work in our hearts and provide the forgiveness we all need.

We are so blessed, by the grace of the eternal and holy God.