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
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
David loved God, he
pleased God, and was chosen by God to be not only the king of Israel
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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