Psalm 130:7-8

Psalm 130:7-8

Redeemed from all our sins

The writer of this Psalm has represented himself and his own pleas for salvation and the Lord’s intervention but, as we have commented, he also speaks on behalf of his nation – Israel. He pens a song that calls on his countrymen to put their hope in the Lord for if He watches over individuals, then the same Lord guards His ancient people. The same injunction applies to us, we are His chosen ones, He has revealed His love to us, He has redeemed by His blood, He has proved, beyond all doubt, that He is watching over us, therefore we can have hope. Let’s note the adjectives used here, the love of the Lord is unfailing, the redemption of the Lord is full or complete. He is not a God of half measures, He never reneges on His promises, if He says He loves us then that love is comprehensive and absolute. 

And so, in the last verse of this song, the author expresses his hope, the Lord Himself WILL redeem Israel from all their sins. Not some of them but all of them. Let us please take this on board, there are far too many believers who are struggling with the burden of their sins and find it impossible to grasp that the blood of Jesus Christ washes away ALL sins, not just a few of them. Our slates are clean, our debt is fully paid, as the old preachers used to say, “Justification means – it is just as if I never sinned.” We are free! We are whole! We are delivered completely! We are perfected by the sacrifice of God’s Lamb, we cannot add to what He has done nor take away from it. The work is complete, forever. Hallelujah!

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