Oct 23 - Psalm 5:4,7

O God, you take  no pleasure in wickedness;

you cannot tolerate  the slightest sin.

[But] because of  your unfailing love,

I can enter your house;  with deepest awe

I will  worship at your Temple.

Psalm 5:4,7

 

Sometimes we think of the Gospel as a "New Testament thing." Something new that started with Jesus.

 

But the Gospel wasn't "new" Jesus' with birth, death, or resurrection.  The things of God -- including the Gospel -- are "the same yesterday and today and forever" (Psalm 5:4,7).  The Gospel was (and is) God's plan from eternity.

 

And the Gospel is this ...

 

Point One

• Because God "take[s] no pleasure in wickedness" ^{Psalm 5:4} ...
• And because God "cannot tolerate the slightest sin" ^{Psalm 5:4} …
• Then "the wages of sin is [necessarily] death" ^{Romans 6:23} ...

Point Two

 

·         And "since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" ^{Romans 3:23} ...

·         Then we should all be "dead, doomed forever because of [our] many sins" ^{Ephesians 2:1}

 

Point Three

• "But God is so rich in mercy ^{Ephesians 2:4-5} ...
• and he loved us so very much ^{Ephesians 2:4-5} ...
• that even while we were dead because of our sins ^{Ephesians 2:4-5} ...
• he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead" ^{Ephesians 2:4-5} ...

Point Four

• "For by grace you have been saved through faith" ^{Ephesians 2:8} ...
• "And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God" ^{Ephesians 2:8} ...
• "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son" ^{John 3:16} ...
• Indeed, "God proves his love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died for us" ^{Romans 5:8} ...
• And, "because of [God's] unfailing love, [we] can enter [His] house." ^{Psalm 5:7}

That's the Gospel. Do you see it in the Old Testament too? God is eternally consistent.

 

So ... what should our response be? Today's verse tells us: "deepest awe" and "worship." 

 

In Christ's Love,

a guy who is deep

-- deep in awe