Day 36 with David -You cannot continue to deliberately defy God’s law without terrible consequences.

“Who can understand his errors? Cleanse me from secret faults. Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. Then I shall be blameless, And I shall be innocent of great transgression.”

‭‭Psalms‬ ‭19:12-13‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

I see a dangerous trend in our country. It seems that instead of solving the problem of crime, the powers that be have decided to just make it “go away” by redefining crime as not being crime, or to take away any real penalty for the same. Now, I know that sounds ridiculous on its face, but how else would you describe a system wherein you can deliberately shoot somebody and be out in a few hours, having paid no bail, under your own recognizance? In this way, there hasn’t been the actual changing of a law, but having removed most penalties, the authority of the law has been undermined.

Additionally, there is a very troubling trend toward not dealing with mental problems or illnesses, but rather, just re-defining them as being “normal.” Somehow removing something from the DSM of the American Psychiatric Association, has “solved” the problem of that disorder. I’d say that that way of thinking is “insanity.”

Now, I’m going to address what has really terrible repercussions—not only in this life—but the one to come. I have seen the trend in churches toward “solving” the sin problem by no longer categorizing things as sin which the Bible clearly describes as such. Now, we must recognize that we have all fallen short of the righteousness of God; that’s why we need a Savior and we have One in Jesus Christ. But, it seems to have become popular in many churches—in the name of being “seeker friendly”—to never speak of sin in any way. With this, the sense is given that you can live however you desire, paying no penalty, never repenting, because “Jesus paid it all.” This is not biblical.

“For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.”

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10:26-27‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

“For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning.”

‭‭II Peter‬ ‭2:20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

These are just a couple of the many passages throughout the Scriptures, pointing us toward righteous living while warning of the consequences of the failure to do so.

In our portion from Psalms today we see David addressing the topic of “presumptuous (deliberate) sins.” He, having experienced the awful regret of going against the commands of the Lord, desperately desired to be cleansed from anything that gave place to such behavior.

Because the pull of our flesh is great, we must continually make sure that we are fully identified with Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And, that identification should result in our seeking after His way of being and doing (His righteousness). Let us not be found continuing in deliberate sin.

For today let us know and understand what David knew:

You cannot continue to deliberately defy God’s law without terrible consequences.

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