The Heavy Burden of Sin: Psalm 38-Supplication through the Scriptures
The Heavy Burden of Sin Psalm 38 If the mind fails to identify a sin as evil, wicked, vile, and bitter, the affections will not be safe from clinging to it, nor the will from giving consent. This is one side of the castle wall, the first line of defense: to keep in mind that every sin is a forsaking of God (Jeremiah 2:19), to never forget the polluting, corrupting, defiling power of sin-to be shaken to the core by how much God loathes sin. Kris Lundgaard, The Enemy Within The First Catechism defines sin as “any thought, word, or deed that breaks God’s law by omission or commission.” The sins of omission are those things required for us by God that we fail to do. The sins of commission are those things we do that God has forbidden. As believers, followers of Christ, we take seriously our obedience to the Lord. Our obedience does not earn us a right standing, forgiveness, and acceptance with God, but rather, because of our forgiveness and acceptance by God through Christ, we pursue holin...