Forgiveness

 

Forgiveness

Psalm 32:1-5

1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah 5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

 

The price to pay God for our disobedience is far more than we could fathom. Yet, David realized for the pain and agony that he suffered for his wrongdoing and sins he confessed it to the Lord. And God granted him mercy for his sins. Sin entered the human race through Adam. He was the first man that God created and was given God’s commands and the command to not eat the fruit from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We can all add our two cents of what happened and fault Adam for disobeying God. But there is no one who could have done better but Jesus.

In the beginning of Genesis Chapter three Adam and Eve disobeyed God’s command by eating the fruit from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Their eyes became open to what they had done, and their minds were filled with new knowledge of good and evil. They lie to God about what they had done by covering themselves with fig leaves. They both ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil and were punished by God the same day. The intimacy that they once shared with God meeting and greeting them in the garden was cut off. They died spiritually because of their disobedience.

According to God’s law disobedience is sin. Yet, according to Cambridge dictionary the word disobedience means: the quality of being disobedient (= refusing to do what someone in authority tells you to do): However, God spoke to them what the consequences would be for them if they disobeyed. The punishment for sin is death. Sin is something that God hates, and He was clear about it. There are principles and spiritual laws that God established to follow order and to teach us about Him.

He created man and that is the order of how life began with man. We did not make God, nor do we realize how intricate He made us. We are made in His image and likeness. He formed Adam out of dust and blew breath into his nostrils and he became a living being. God is supreme and Omnipotent, and He is perfect. As we ponder about this indelible part of history Adam’s sin caused God to close his eyes and ears spiritually. He and Eve experienced a spiritual death for their disobedience. 

Every since Adam’s eyes became opened man’s eyes were filled with darkness and evil. There was a reason that God forewarned Adam about the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Because He knew why He made that tree and its purpose. God gave man free will to choose to obey or disobey. We don’t have to know the “why” when God forbids us to do a thing. He wants us to trust Him and obey. But in this case, we can see the effects of one man’s disobedience that brought many offenses against God. This is what sin did it allowed death to enter the world. The penalty for our sins is death.

The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil opened the portals of the spirit realm where spiritual hosts of wickedness, darkness, powers, and principalities to enter the world and activate the powers of darkness among the living. This is the battle we’re in today. It is a spiritual war that we are born into when we come to this earthly plane. The knowledge of good and evil comes with a price and are linked together at the roots.

God made the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil for His purpose.  Colossians 1:15-17 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 

Satan hide himself in the serpent to disguise himself when he spoke to Eve. As she became interested in hearing how she would be like God if she ate the fruit from the forbidden Tree. We see that Satan was the spirit behind this evil plan to deceive Eve and temped Adam to fall. Do we give into what we want and desire versus obeying the Word of the Lord? There is always a choice because we have free will to choose either to obey or disobey.

The Word of the Lord is our lamp to guide our steps to follow Christ. We must study the scriptures and pray to the Holy Spirit to teach us and give us understanding of what we’re reading. He is the One who is sent by God to be our helper. When we love God and grow in His Word, we will learn how the devil is crafty and cunning and know his history. Our discernment will increase as we grow in our relationship with the Holy Spirit. He will teach us all things and we will be more discerning of how the enemy disguises himself with words to destroy us.

The enemy takes a part of the truth and twists it and adds lies so that he entices us to go against obeying God. We must get anchored in the Lord and learn the Word of God to understand when and how the devil shows up in our lives to temp us and speak lies to deceive us. When in doubt about something we must pray to the Holy Spirit to show us the truth and the way to walk. He is our helper, and we are sealed to Him for the day of redemption.

There are so many people who have lost their lives for knowing the knowledge of good and evil. The enemy deceives us and dresses things up to temp us with the lust of the eyes, lust of the flesh and the pride of life. We have many religious cults, occults, black market, drug wars, addictions, psychics, wizards, witches, serial killers, rapists, pedophiles, etc. The spiritual hosts of wickedness are operating through the knowledge of good and evil to lure and entice men to do good and evil but only to deceive and destroy God’s elect.

There is no hurt or pain that the Lord does not know about. Oftentimes, we think that because we cannot hear God’s audible voice that He’s not paying us any attention, nor does He care about what happens to us. We are so far away from the truth according to the Word of the Lord. 1 Peter 5:6-7 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

But God so loved the world that He sent His only Son, Jesus to save us. John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. This was God’s divine plan to rescue us from eternal death and eternal damnation. Romans 5:18-21 Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life. 19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so also by one Man’s obedience many will be made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more, 21 so that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

God is the only one who can forgive us for our sins. He demonstrated His faithfulness through His Son, Jesus. Now we must live for Christ and seek Him first and all His righteousness shall be added to us. Let us repent and be baptize as we walk in obedience to follow God’s righteousness and forsaking all other loves, idolatry, passions, and pursuing knowledge of good and evil for it is not profitable to save us from eternal damnation only Jesus saves.

             

Colors of Passion

 

 I loved you enough to die

While My Blood rain from heaven

Your sins are forgiven

I am the Light

You can depend on My Word

I am there to guide you

Look up and rejoice

My Redemption freed you

Lift your hands and praise Me

While the sun rises and set daily

My light beams across the oceans

As it reflect My love

Delight yourself in My Wonders 

As I reveal what My Hands created

For heaven and earth will praise Me

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