PSALM 32

VERSES 1-2 

Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit, there is no deceit.

WHO IS TRULY BLESSED?

We ask who is truly happy and blessed?

We have many motivational speakers who seek to make people happier, religions that seek to make people happy or blessed. but it is only in the bible and in the person of Jesus Christ, that men and women be truly blessed and find the deepest happiness.

Man has a deep and ongoing problem and that is sin, it taints him, taunts him and has torn him away from God. Sin is a disease that is worse than Covid, as everybody has this disease and the result of sin is death and separation from God. Through Jesus we can find forgiveness, through his precious blood and his sacrifice on the cross. Amen. The bible has three words here that mean doing wrong;  sin, transgression and iniquity, here they are dealt with one by one.

When God dealt with sin, he dealt with it completely, the cross of Christ, dealt with all three aspects detailed here.

Transgression is individual sin, each and every individual sin we have ever committed is forgiven, when God saves us, he forgives all of our sin, how glorious and wonderful is that.

Our sin, which means missing the mark has been covered, Paul quotes this in Romans 4;7. What is that covering? It is the precious blood of Christ. In the Old testament, the covering was the sacrificial system, but now there is a better covering and covenant Psalm 85;2. We now have the righteousness of Christ credited to our account 2 Cor 5;17-21

Iniquity means a sinful lifestyle, but God remembers that no more, our past to God is completely forgiven and forgotten. Look at Psalm 103, what God does is incredible. Please read this Psalm, it shows that God deals completely with Sin.. all of it.

So, we are forgiven, what happens? We live a life that is pleasing to God, a life that is empty of deceit.  His/her sin has been dealt with … amen.

Forgiveness given by God as a free gift,  frees us from the power of sin, it breaks the bonds of sin, and allows us to live in a way that is pleasing to God.

Although we are free the power of sin, we are not free from it’s presence, our flesh is still active, but now we have the power to overcome it, through God living in us through his Holy Spirit. One day, we will be completely free of sin, when we will be in heaven with Christ.

Have you been forgiven?, if you have, then you are truly blessed.

If you are reading this and haven’t been forgiven, then there is mercy and grace waiting for you. Come to the cross, the only place where sin can be washed away.

God bless you

kk