Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered. Psalms 32:1
Our sins are forgiven by our faith in Jesus and the power of His blood as the final atonement. So often, I feel like I still have to do something to make up for my most recent failures. Often, I feel like I've let God down and He's mad or unhappy with me! Thankfully, that isn't the case and let's think about what AW Tozer has to say about justification/forgiveness via faith.
"Do I believe in justification by faith? Oh, my brother, do I believe in it! David believed in it and wrote it into Psalm 32. It was later quoted by one of the prophets. It was picked up by Paul and written into Galatians and Romans. It was lost for awhile and relegated to the dust bin and then brought out again to the forefront and taught by Luther and the Moravians and the Wesleys and the Presbyterians. “Justification by faith”—we stand on it today.
When we talk about justification, it isn’t just a text to manipulate. We ought to see who God is and see why these things are true. We’re justified by faith because the agony of God on the cross changed the moral situation. We are that moral situation. It didn’t change God at all. The idea that the cross wiped the angry scowl off the face of God and He began grudgingly to smile is a pagan concept and not Christian."
Join me reading Psalm 32 and be encouraged!
