Today’s Word
The “No-escape” Clause
For I know my wrongdoings, And my sin is constantly before me. Psalm 51:3 NASB Constantly before me – What’s it like to live with constant reminders of your mistakes? What if your worst sins were never forgotten, never faded away? Douglas Murray’s comment about the omniscient, unforgiving internet is a terrifying specter of living in…
Repentance
Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Guilt/ sin – “This time I will praise the Lord.” So said Leah (Genesis 29:35) on the birth of Judah. But “praise” isn’t the only derivative of this Hebrew word, yādâ. It can also mean “confess, give thanks.” It is the…
Habit Forming
Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let’s rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, Hebrews 12:1 NASB So easily entangles – I’ve always struggled with this verse. There are a few reasons (and…
Divine Laundry Services
I erased your transgressions like a thick cloud, and like a cloud have I erased your sins; return to Me for I have redeemed you. Isaiah 44:22 Chabad Erased – māḥâ. God’s solution to our transgressions. As you recall, David asked for his guilt and his misdeeds to be washed away. God has another word…
Just a Reminder
Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Guilt/ sin – Jonathan Sacks makes a very important point about guilt. Do you remember? “. . . Judaism is overwhelmingly a guilt rather than a shame culture. Shame attaches to the person. Guilt attaches to the act. . . In…
Don’t Forget to Rinse
Wash me thoroughly from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin. Psalm 51:2 NASB Wash/ cleanse – David employs two verbs in this verse. They don’t mean the same thing. The first, translated “wash,” is kābaš. “This root occurs fifty-one times, all in verbal forms. Of these, all but nine appear in the Pentateuch, thirty-one…
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