If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? (Psalm 130:3)Who would want to live under condemnation for every bad choice ever made? The psalmist is only saying what we've heard from many other biblical sources: All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23).
Thankfully, neither Paul in his letter to the Romans, nor our psalm writer let it stop there.
All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus (Romans 3:23,24).
If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness (Psalm 130:3,4).
And anyone who has experienced the reality of grace cannot possibly withhold grace from others.
Is there anyone you need to let off the hook?
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