Psalm 119 - Ten Commandments toppled in DC. Part Two!!!

PART TWO:

BUT, what about us as Christians – as Jesus followers, His disciples?  How are we to view this for our own personal application?

Above all we must remember that we too have “toppled” and “defaced” God’s laws, that we are not innocent of despising His words, His laws, His decrees.  In other words, Let’s get real – we are offenders and we need Jesus’ forgiveness for striking out against a holy God.  There is no other way to be saved than to cry out to Jesus for help.

v. 175 Let me live that I may praise you,
    and may your laws sustain me.
¹⁷⁶ I have strayed like a lost sheep.
    Seek your servant,
    for I have not forgotten your commands.

We have strayed.  How?  Examine the Ten Commandments and any commandment or law from God.  Examine Romans 13 (Obey the governing authorities) and realize that we can easily cross the line between not liking the political stance of the President, Mayor, Governor, etc. and end up breaking that command in thought, or word or deed.  How many of us have slurred the president – thinking this was right or OK because he is not godly?  We are just as guilty of sin.

God gives us the law in the same way a doctor issues tests, blood test, MRI, CAT scans, Exrays  – to reveal what is below the surface, to uncover sickness.  Breaking commands from a perfect God is a symptom of our imperfection, our brokenness.  When we wake up and smell the stench of our own filth, cry out to Jesus for cleansing, then we receive what we cannot earn – forgiveness and life and a place in God’s family.

1 John 1:5-10  ⁵ This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. ⁷ But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

⁸ If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us.

JESUS, i REALLY NEED YOU!  Sorry about my sin - cleanse me!