Friday, February 21, 2014
"Disambiguation"
"My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off." (Psalms 38:11) You really need to wonder what David was thinking as he wrote this Psalm; was it all just about him, or was he speaking as someone that was to come? Although sin can make you feel isolated and forsaken, it was Jesus who became sin for us; taking on not only our sins upon that cross, but taking on the the humiliation of being looked upon as the condemned and the cursed one, nailed upon a cross. Yes, David also suffered something along the lines of this situation; when Absalom tried to take the kingdom from him, David was pretty much written off as cursed and condemned by almost everyone that knew him. David knew why he was going through what he was going through, because he was told before had that it would happen (2 Samuel 12:10-12), and so did Jesus know what He would suffer through, as He would be looked upon as a cursed thing, as those that loved Him would abandon Him, and His family would be standing off in the distance, wondering, How can this be? And yet, there is another issue put forth in this verse, which deals with the isolation that is acquainted with the reconciliation process between the sinner and his Redeemer; what that actually speaks of is the time between confession and restoration, where you are condemned in the eyes of every one else but God. It might take a period of humiliation, or even cost the loss of friends and loved ones, but to reconciled with God is worth every bit of it. Basically, the point of which, is that there is a price to be paid for sin; although our dealt has been paid, there is a stain that is left here; although we will not be judged before God, we will still be judged here on this earth; the great news in all of that, is, that nothing that happens to us here really matters... "Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulation also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commanded His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son; much more, being reconciled we shall be saved by His life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement." (Romans 5:1-11)
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