You Never Rule With Sin
The Psalmist prays in Psalm 19:
Psalm 19:13 (NKJV) 13 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.
Two interesting words here...
First is the idea of "presumptuous" sins. The Word can be translated arrogant or insolent. It is the sin where one thinks they can control it, get away with it, indulge it without too much damage being done.
Yet the next phrase shows the flaw in such a concept. "Let them not have dominion over me."
When you sin in arrogance, thinking you have it under control, it quickly proves the opposite is true. Arrogance and insolence with God's ways are the surefire way to be caught in bondage. Sin never wants a little of you, it wants all of you.
It's a fools game with sin. A little leaven affects the whole lump. You think you control that sin, but it eventually dominates you.
The only hope we have in our war on sin is the triumph of Christ on the Cross. The Psalmist foreshadows that here in his statement, "Then I shall be blameless... and innocent." Only when we come to the cross, to the victory of Christ can we truly know freedom from sin.
May we come to the Cross and find freedom.
Psalm 19:13 (NKJV) 13 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.
Two interesting words here...
First is the idea of "presumptuous" sins. The Word can be translated arrogant or insolent. It is the sin where one thinks they can control it, get away with it, indulge it without too much damage being done.
Yet the next phrase shows the flaw in such a concept. "Let them not have dominion over me."
When you sin in arrogance, thinking you have it under control, it quickly proves the opposite is true. Arrogance and insolence with God's ways are the surefire way to be caught in bondage. Sin never wants a little of you, it wants all of you.
It's a fools game with sin. A little leaven affects the whole lump. You think you control that sin, but it eventually dominates you.
The only hope we have in our war on sin is the triumph of Christ on the Cross. The Psalmist foreshadows that here in his statement, "Then I shall be blameless... and innocent." Only when we come to the cross, to the victory of Christ can we truly know freedom from sin.
May we come to the Cross and find freedom.
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