Psalm
32:1-2 blessed is the one whose
transgression is forgiven, whose
sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no deceit.
While the Old Testament looked forward to the
coming of Christ and to a day when finally man will be restored and reconciled
back to God. The New Testament looks back at the objective center of our
redemption and restoration.
The psalmist above was looking forward to a day
when the trespass of man will be forgiven, when humanity’s sin would at least
be covered; for even in the priestly order, the blood of the Bulls and goats
would not suffice to purge human guilt away.
We however look back in time and see Christ. We see
the cross . At the centre of man’s redemption and the great expanse of eternity
is he cross
He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the
last times for the sake of you
At
the center of all things is Gods call that announced the great success story,
that humanity has been embraced in Christ.
So
in Christ we look back and see
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Transgressions
forgiven: Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven. In Christ our
forgiveness is announced even while we were dead in our trespasses and sins,
God made us alive together with Christ Jesus having forgiven us of all
trespasses and sins; eph 2:1-10
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Sin has been washed out! Good news isn’t it?
We look back and see the evidence that our sins are washed as white as snow.
Even Isaiah the prophet was looking forward to this; “that though your sins are
as red as scarlet we will be washed as white as snow.” Our sins have not been
covered but wiped and effaced out. How much has the blood of Christ purged us
from an evil conscience?
For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the
sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify
for the purification of the flesh, 14 how much
more will the blood of Christ,
who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.(Heb
9:13-14)
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No iniquity of
the heart. The heart of man is desperately wicked, who can know it. These were Jeremiah‘s
insights against a sinful kingdom
of Israel who had
deserted the ways of their fathers. In the context of the Old Testament this reality
is understood but we are in Christ and what David the psalmist looked forward
unto has been realized in Christ.
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Our spirit has
no deceit. The greatest commandment of loving God with all our hearts souls and
strength is now accomplished in Christ. John wrote about this in his epistles.
7 Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment that you had from the
beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have heard. 8 At the
same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to
you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is
passing away and the true light is already shining. 1st
John 2:7-8
The new commandment has been
inscribed in our hearts. Its old yet its new because what is true about God is
also true about us. What is true in him is also true in us. God has no deceit
in him and that is true about him and its also true about us. God has no sin in
him. That is true about him and also true about us.
Halleluiah lets look back and
see where we are from. God has this testimony about us that we re truly
redeemed, restored and set free. He who the son sets free is free indeed. We
are rested in the arms of God our love. Whenever you are unsure about your
salvation because of one or two things you did wrong, just look back. The cross
speaks of your unconditional state of perfection and completion in Christ. In
Christ all fears are stilled , all fears are effaced and we are left abandoned
face to face with God. Beholding the face of Christ who is the glory of God.
