FORGIVENESS - like the most pure gold
“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymore
Job 34:31
נָשָׂ֗אתִי nā·śā(ʾ)ʹ·ṯî carry; lift, lift up; raise; bring, take or take away; raise high; exalt; maintain; have a longing for verb, Qal, first person, singular ± qātal (perfect), active, suffixed (perfect), common
BDB lift, carry, take
CHAL lift, raise (high); pardon
נשׂא nśʾ carry; lift, lift up; raise; bring, take or take away; raise high; exalt; maintain; have a longing for
BDB lift, carry, take
CHAL lend, make a loan; take a loan; creditor; moneylender; usurer; practice usury
…teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?
Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.
Job 34:32-33
שׁלם šlm be completed, ready; remain healthy, unharmed; keep peace; finish, carry out; deliver up; make peace
BDB be complete, sound
CHAL be finished, completed; come to an end; stay sound, healthy, uninjured; keep peace, keep quiet; make amends; repay, reward, requite
NASB Dictionaries requital
“For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.” Psalm 25:11
““Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”” Isaiah 40:2
This man was blameless and upright;
he feared God and shunned evil. (Job 1:1b)
Not only the entire book of Job but the whole of the gospel fact, everything is summed up by this one word "blame-less” - For the central question of religion is, "How can human beings get free of guilt?" How can we escape that sense, however
vague, of gnawing insecurity that dogs our every step? Jesus asked His disciples, "Why are you so afraid?" (Matt. 8:26). We are afraid because of our lingering suspicion that it is impossible to please God. Oh, we know that God loves us (maybe)-but how can we be sure He likes us? In the Parable of the Prodigal Son, the father loved both the rebellious son and his straightlaced elder brother, but in the end only the younger son pleased him. Only the prodigal delighted his father's heart.
Of course God loves us. Everybody knows that. But that is precisely the problem we have in relating to God: He loves everybody, indiscriminately, even the people He is going to send to Hell. Who needs
love like that? The real question is not whether God loves us, but whether He approves of us, whether we are pleasing to Him. One thing is certain: if we are not pleasing to God, He will never be pleas-
ing to us. Why should we like someone who is forever condemning us? On the other hand, can we imagine what it would be like to so move and excite the heart of God that He would run to meet us, throw His arms around us and kiss us, dress us in His best robe, and put rings on our fingers? Can we picture the Lord Almighty killing the fattened calf for us and throwing a big party in our honor? Can we imagine having the Creator of the universe say to us, just as He said to Jesus Christ, "You are My beloved son, and I like you" (Mark 1:11)? In short, do we know what it would mean to be, as Jesus was and as Scripture claims Job also was, beyond reproach in the eyes of God? Can we even imagine such a thing? For if we cannot, then surely all Our faith is useless, If we cannot get past God's criticism and into His favor-indeed, if we cannot be good friends with Him-then what is the point of all our religion? On the other hand, if Job really was a living example of blamelessness in his relationship with God, then such a thing must at least be possible, and we had better pay attention to this man and find out what his secret was.
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