LentDay 17
Forgiveness with God
Week 3 · Monday · Psalm 130: Out of the Depths
For today
If God kept a record of wrongs, no one could stand. But with him there is forgiveness, the psalm says, and that is why he is feared: mercy makes us reverent, not careless.
Begin with these verses
verse 1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! verse 2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.
verse 3If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand? verse 4But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
In Christ
How this psalm points to Jesus
A theme the whole Bible completes in Christ · verse 4
Paul writes that in Christ we are redeemed by his blood and forgiven, out of the riches of God's grace, and that all who have sinned are justified freely through him.
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
verse 23for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, verse 24and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
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