If You, Lord, should mark iniquities,
O Lord, who could stand?...
And with Him is abundant redemption. vv.3,5
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No one, not one single person could stand before the Lord if He counted iniquities. If the Lord kept a record of sins, we would all be at fault and unable to be in His presence. Yet this rhetorical question has the obvious answer that the Lord doesn't not keep a storage unit of sins, for with Him is ABUNDANT redemption. To put it a little more matter factly, we're the ones that keep a record of sins, not God. "Our enduring misery over our past is one reason we end up going back into the pit. Somewhere deep in our souls we want to punish ourselves and return to what we deserve. Dear one, Christ took what we deserve" (Beth Moore). All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). God has forgiven us ALL our sins (Col. 2:13) so that we can stand with Him, for without God's grace no one could stand. Love keeps no record of wrongs (1 Cor. 13:5). Have you been keeping a record of sins of yourself or someone else that you cannot forgive? How can you use or change that to show truth in His abundant redemption?
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