Forgive my hidden faults

“But who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults.” (Psalm 19:12)

 

Jehovah’s laws, teachings, and commandments are complete, honest and pure. By comparison to that, men are imperfect, and human life is wrapped in all kinds of faults. Some people don’t like to hear about such contrasts between God and man. Also even some of Christianity don’t want to accept negative words about human. For they think that the inclined images of old faith are no longer suitable for this times. Liberalism of faith what it called is actually not real faith. While God’s completeness is eternal, which is almighty, man’s imperfection sustains always as before. Fortunately, however, man can escape out of the imperfections and faults by being with God.

 

In order for someone to be good and complete, everyone must be in the fear of God and follow Him with faith. But people don’t want to live with God and they are used to unbelieve in Him. They are only conceited and try to do everything their own way. That’s like an adolescent boy acting in defiance of his parents’ words. Getting older, however, their mind grow up and realize gradually how precious their parents and teachers’ instruction are. And later, when parents die, they have shed tears and regret their immature days of the past. But sadly it has been too late already to be a good child for the parents. Moreover how will you do manage about your many sins and regrets that you had committed without knowing God? The way for the life of foolishness to become wise is only to learn of God Jehovah.

As long as man live without God, the life is lonely and sad, and also cannot made be pure. A child who grows up without parents cannot escape the shadow of loneliness and sadness even when he or she becomes an adult. Because they suffer from a lot of worldly waves through their growth process. Those might have a dry and hurtful emotion unintentionally. Not everyone does, but the less fortunate are just as difficult to live a peaceful and happy life. And their resentment, disappointment, and discouragement sometimes lead to unfortunate consequences of crime and death. Above I took an example of orphan in order to tell you how much the relationship between God and man is essentially needed to people.

What people who do not live in the faith of God want is belonging to always some kinds of the lust and vanity. The viewpoint of a man without wisdom in believing of God is bound to stay within the realm of the fleshly eye. That is exactly as the verse, “For everything in the world - the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life - comes not from the Father but from the world.” in 1 John 2:16. However, the lust of the flesh leads people into a pit that is endless. That’s because the fleshly lust is that you don’t put an end even if man achieves what he wants. And after all they’re in the nihilistic pit and they can’t get out of it. These days, many young people are addicted to drugs and ruin their lives. I now remember a tale,

A person who live in the fear of God Jehovah can make his life wise and pure. Jesus Christ is the Lord like the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valley, as said in Song of Solomon 2:1. Christ is the Lord who blooms into the spirit of man as a flower of love. Christ is holy and beautiful. And thus believing in Jesus as the Savior is the perfect way to fear of Jehovah. We have to know the Lord leads us free from all the faults around us to make us enjoy on the blessed way.

 

Satan of sin does not come to man just as a bad figure. Rather, devil often comes as if wrapping a person’s spirit with a good, beautiful, and soft feeling. The faith that claims peace and freedom while neglecting what the nature of sin, is in fact the liberalism of unfaith. It is right that Jesus is the Lord of Love and Peace. For Jesus suffered and died in order to get rid of the sins of all the people. In the name of Jesus, make your life for love and peace by removing the hidden faults in my spirit.

 

(Written by Koonoh, Pastor of JDO Presbyterian Church in Korea, on Aug 9th 2020)