Message from Scripture: 2/15/2021

Today our message from Scripture comes from Psa. 51:7. “Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”

These words are part of David’s plea to God for forgiveness for his sin with Bathsheba, and having Uriah the Hittite, her husband, put to death. This psalm is said to have been written following the confrontation Nathan had with David over this.  In this psalm he pleads with God for forgiveness. Scripture tells us when he confessed his sin, Nathan gave him assurance God did forgive him; “The Lord has taken away your sin” (2 Sam. 12:13). David could then say in this psalm, if God washed him, spiritually he would be whiter than snow, forgiven, pure and whole before God. This has been beautifully illustrated to us today, by the snow we received during the night, how pure and clean it is when it falls. It is an amazing illustration of God’s forgiveness of our sins today.

When we consider what David did against Bathsheba and Uriah, we may be tempted to ask how God could forgive someone who had committed such acts against others? We could just as easily ask how God can forgive us for any sin we commit, whether we deem them big or small. All sin condemns, and unresolved sin, no matter how we classify them, is serious. Isn’t it wonderful, though, that all sin can be forgiven in Christ? No matter how deeply stained our souls may be from sin, with genuine repentance comes complete forgiveness through the blood of Christ. Paul reminds us, “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Eph. 1:7).

We all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Rom. 3:23), but in Christ we not only have forgiveness, but this promise as well. “For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more” (Heb. 8:12). No matter how great or how small, we are forgiven in Christ. That makes for having a great day every day. God bless.

Robert