RR Psalm 32:5 Part 4

Shalom,

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

All three types of sin, Avon, Chatah and Pesha, are mentioned in this verse, the first two are mentioned twice.  This is all in the context of repentance, confession and forgiveness, which is God’s plan for dealing with rebellion against Himself.  It has become popular within the modern expression of Protestant faith to deal with sin another way.  Sin is all too frequently dealt with by saying, “There is grace for that.”  There is “grace,” but grace was never intended to provide a means to continually reject God’s sovereignty.  

Rabbi Trail: Sovereignty requires that the “Sovereign” (the One True and Living God is THE SOVEREIGN GOD) must be obeyed immediately and without question.  Satan is the classic example of rebellion (disobedience) against God’s sovereignty, and look what happened (and will happen) to him and those who follow him.  End RT.

Let’s be clear,… 1John 3:4 Everyone practicing sin also practices lawlessness—indeed, sin is lawlessness.  Grace is the means by which we overcome sin, not the means by which we continue in sin.  

Rabbi Trail:  It has been a while since we exposed the error of antinomianism.  This is the false belief that seeking grace is a good thing and surely we want more of a good thing.  As the lie continues, when we sin, we get grace, therefore, we should sin more to get more grace.  Paul specifically addressing this ancient error.  Romans 6:1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may abound?  And he answers his own question… Romans 6:2 May it never be! How can we who died to sin still live in it?  End RT.

There are many commandments that just don’t apply to us today.  For instance, all the commandments concerning the Aaronic priesthood, Temple worship, and the sacrificial system.  These have all been “nailed to the cross.”  

Colossians 2:13 When you were dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made you alive together with Him when He pardoned us all our transgressions. 14 He wiped out the handwritten record of debts with the decrees against us, which was hostile to us. He took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 After disarming the principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in the cross.

Rabbi Trail: I want to deal separately with the next verse of Colossians 2.  Colossians 2:16 Therefore, do not let anyone pass judgment on you in matters of food or drink, or in respect to a festival or new moon or Shabbat.  Many translations say, “… do not let any MAN pass judgment on you….”  That is true, there is always someone with a “better calendar or a higher standard of what is “kosher.”  While it is true, we should not allow a man to “pass judgment” on us, we should allow God to do so.  If God convicts you to obey Him in His commandment to rest on Shabbat or follow His dietary laws, then obey Him.  We get into trouble when we assign the call on our own lives to universal commands for all of mankind.  Romans 14:4 Who are you to judge another’s servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he shall stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.  Read the context of Romans 14.  This is exactly applicable to judging others.  End RT.
 
This has gotten a little long today.  Tomorrow we’ll deal more extensively with grace and our response to it.  Shalom shalom.

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