Troy {Bolton}
Psalm 103
There are five things stated that we should bless the Lord for, but we will focus on the fact that God forgives all your iniquities.
We should not forget all of His benefits. Sometimes we still live a life as if we are trapped and in chains. We need to live a life completely free from sin.
Three types of sin: iniquity, transgressions, sins.
Iniquity derived itself from a word that means "warped, distorted, or bent"
You can say you don't struggle with lust, but there IS something else that you bend towards. That's your iniquity. This is the inward stuff, the things we keep in secret.
When you have something going on in your head all the time, satan uses it against you, constantly.
The place of God's Word is the place we need to be, because if we don't then we'll never do ministry outside.
He has not punished us according to our thought life.
"He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our sins. The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His wounds, by His wounds we are healed."
Transgression- from where we get our word trespass. To go beyond a limit.
This is when pornography turns into adultery, or anger and malice turn into a fist fight.
How far has God removed our transgressions from us? As far as the east is from the west. Infinitely.
Verse 9
He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever.
If God removes your sin, then He has absolutely nothing to accuse you of.
He has not dealt with us according to our sin.
Sin- to miss the mark.
What's the mark? Jesus Christ. He's the standard. So we've all missed the mark. Sin is also lawlessness.
Lamentations
It is through the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed... His mercies are new every morning.
Romans 8:31
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