ONE-YEAR JOURNEY OF THE BIBLE
Day 168 - Psalm 25-34 (The Person Whose Sins Are Forgiven)
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"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity...
The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned.
(Psalm 32:1,2;34:32)
King David knew what it was like to be guilty of murder and adultery which according to the Old Testament Law were punishable by death. There is no provision in the Law of Moses for an offering for those sins. The guilty must pay with capital punishment.
But God decided to extend His mercy to David and instead of him dying, his son from his adulterous relationship with Bathsheba paid for his father's sins as a substitute. As we have discussed in a recent blog I posted, the purpose of the Law is to make us guilty of our sins. No one can be justified by trying to obey the Law.
If David insisted on being justifed according to the Law, he would not have escaped death. God would have killed him because it was the requirement of the Law. No judge worthy of his salt would even think of letting a convicted multiple murderer and rapist off the hook just because he does not want to be mean. It is his job and responsibility to mete justice. God is the ultimate Judge and the author of justice and He cannot disregard His own attribute as Judge.
God forgave David not because his son died in his place; it was just in order to fulfill the Law of Moses under which David and all the Jews were subjected before the coming of the Christ. Now that Christ has come and had paid the punishment for the sins of all people, we can be forgiven by trusting in His finished work on the cross as David wrote in our text above:
"The LORD redeems the soul of His servants,
And none of those who trust in Him shall be condemned."
(Psalm 34:22)
The Bible is very clear that only those who put their trust in Christ will be forgiven and escape eternal condemnation in hell. Jesus repeated this truth throughout His three-year ministry including the verse below when He talked to Nicodemus about being born again:
"He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."
(John 3:18)
It doesn't matter what sin you may committed in your life; God will forgive you if you repent and put your trust in His Son Jesus Christ who died in your place and took on the penalty for your sins with His own blood. What are you trusting for your salvation? I pray you are not trusting the requirements of the Law for if so you will get what's coming to you and it won't be heaven for sure.
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