RR Psalm 32:5 Part 5

Shalom {{firstName}}, 

Psalms
Psalm 32:5 – Part 5

Psalm 32:5 Then I acknowledged my sin (Chatah) to You and did not hide my iniquity (Avon). I said: “I confess my transgressions (Pesha) to Adonai,” and You forgave the guilt (Avon) of my sin (Chatah). Selah!

Dear Lord, let’s review… I acknowledge my sin (Chatah), by confessing my transgressions (Pesha), and You forgive my guilty (Avon) sin (Chatah).  How is all this possible?  Let’s remember, although it is not mentioned in our subject verse explicitly, it is by grace and grace alone that is implicit.  Selah!  “Al Tish’k’chu!” Meaning, “Y’all don’t forget!”

The Hebrew word (not mentioned in our subject verse at all) is “Chesed,” meaning “God’s lovingkindness.”  It is found near the end of the verse we studied a few days ago that describes God’s attributes.  Exodus 34:6 Then Adonai passed before him, and proclaimed, “Adonai, Adonai, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth,…”  The phrase “abundant in lovingkindness and truth” in Hebrew is “Rav Chesed V’Emet.”

All of this is in the context of the aftermath following the sin of the golden calf.  Without the grace of God, the new nation of Israel would have been destroyed.  Exodus 32:10 Now therefore, leave Me alone, so My wrath may burn hot against them, and so I may consume them—and make from you a great nation!”  The Lord was never going to destroy the people whom He loves and would ultimately come to earth to save.  Instead God was putting Moses to the test.  Would Moses intercede for his own people?  He did!

Without grace, the people of God would not know how to respond to His call.  However; these days, much of modern Christianity wants to separate grace from truth, in the form of being “seeker friendly.”  As my rabbi, Dan Juster, says, “Being “seeker friendly” equals being “believer lazy.”  And, we must remember, the Scriptures never make such a separation.  Ephesians 2:10 For we are His workmanship—created in Messiah Yeshua for good deeds, which God prepared beforehand so we might walk in them.

These same attributes of grace and truth are ascribed to Yeshua… John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. We looked upon His glory, the glory of the one and only from the Father, full of grace and truth.  Our father, Abraham, was commanded to walk blameless before God. (Genesis 17:1).  As children of Abraham, we also have the same mandate, yet without Yeshua we are incapable of being the righteousness of God.  Yes, we are commanded to walk in righteousness.  As we say in Messianic Judaism, “WWYD!”  Shalom shalom.

Daily Bread, reading plan by Lars Enarson (https://www.thewatchman.org/)
Thu10-July 202514th of Tamuz, 5785
Nu 23:13-26Ez 8-9Neh 6Gal 5 (Lk 12:1-34)

Rabbi H Michael Weiner

Recent

Archive

 2025

Categories

Tags