July 30, 2009

• Out of the depths have I called Thee

  Psalms 130:1-8  A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths have I called Thee, O LORD.  (2)  Lord, hearken unto my voice; let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.  (3)  If Thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand?  (4)  For with Thee there is forgiveness, that Thou mayest be feared.  (5)  I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in His word do I hope.  (6)  My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than watchmen for the morning; yea, more than watchmen for the morning.  (7)  O Israel, hope in the LORD; for with the LORD there is mercy, and with Him is plenteous redemption.  (8)  And He will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

  If G-d treated us the way our sins deserve, we’d all perish. He sees everything we do, He knows everything we think.

  Psalm 103:10  He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities.

  Our sins are cast as far as the east is from the west, to be remembered no more. He didn’t say as far as the north is from the south, for that would be only some 12,429.91 miles, for the earth’s polar circumference is 24,859.82 miles. But the east and the west never meet, and thus, our sins are forgiven, forgotten, to be remembered no more. It is as David sad in Psalm 32:1-2, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.”

  Jer 31:33-34   But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. {34} And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.

  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.

  Psa 103:12  As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

  “Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.”

  It truly is a blessing to be forgiven our sins, for G-d’s grace and mercy is so rich and deep!

  Shalom uv’racha

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