For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Psalm 51:3 NASB I know – There are very few things we know for certain. We don’t know what will happen tomorrow. We don’t know if our relationships will last. We don’t know the weather. We don’t know even the apparently unalterable “laws”…
Be gracious to me, O God, according to your loving kindness; according to the multitude of your mercies blot out my transgressions. Psalm 51:3 Hebrew World Blot out – Technology has changed our conception of forgiveness. In a world where we can simply backspace or press the spell-check button, we don’t think of any word…
“and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am YHWH.” Ezekiel 14:8 Cut Off – The Hebrew phrase that describes acknowledging my sin as the first step in repentance is ha-karat ha-chet. Literally, this is “the sin that cuts off.” These words tell us that unless and…
