David not only prays for pardon from past sin but also for the power to walk in future purity.
Simply asking for pardon isn't enough. One must also have the power by which not to commit the same sin again.
Excellent truths. Read the entire article here.
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Didn't really like it. It's old covenant thinking that should be done away with forever once we receive the sacrifice of Christ that it 'once for all'. There is no more guilt for the believer since all sins past present and future have already been forgiven. We only experience that kind of devastation over sin as believers if we choose to live under law which condemns and crushes us and speaks the judgement of death over us. But we are no longer under law but grace. That's my $.o2.
Jul - your comment makes me happy. First I would love for more people to comment and I really love it when others challenge me as you did. Thank you.
In this case, I agree with your comments I just don't find them inconsistent with what I thought Storms was trying to say. Perhaps I misread him, I'll go back and take a look.
Thanks for dropping by.
Glad to make you happy. I'm some kind of ultra-sensitive legalism detector. So if there is even a hint of Old Covenant (law) then I notice. I'm sure the over all tone is not bad...
Interesting comment, Jul - although I think your perspective on this is what confused me a little when I read one of your previous posts and asked if we even needed to repent.
You said, "we only experience that kind of devastation over sin as believers if we choose to live under law."
You see, I think as believers, we should now experience even more devastation over sin. Because no longer are we breaking some external law that God had written down for us to follow. Now we're breaking trust and bonds of love with our dear Savior who died to free us from things such as the curse of sin.
You are right that sin is no longer a matter of breaking the law and therefore the law cannot condemn us. But now sin is a matter of taking a step that is not a step of faith, which Christ died to secure for us. Surely to sin after having known God's grace is more grievous than sinning have only only known God's law.
However I strongly agree that we should never stop there and that as soon as we feel brokenhearted (which is right) we should throw ourselves upon the mercy of God in total confidence that we have been utterly forgiven. Even then, some remorse may remain in our heart, but it should be remorse because our hearts long for God and we went a way in which we could not receive him. Not remorse because we broke a law and God is angry.
With all that being said, it did seem to me that Storms slightly missed the Spirit in which Psalm 51 is written, which is the Spirit of utter cleanness before God solely because of God's mercy.
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