Ps 19 12 Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression."
This Psalm is describing the two revelations of God. One is natural and the other is special revelation. The Psalmist describes how big of a gulf there is between Gods acts in creation and in His written word. He describes the impossibility of man to share in Gods actions of His revelations. God pre ordains whatsoever comes to pass by speaking it into existence and sustaining in His written revelation.
The Psalmist describes Gods creation of all things as a daily preaching of His laws, decrees, statutes, curses and covenants. He is saying that all the truth of reality is described by God in its perfect symmetry and completeness as we live in this time sequence. In other words every man has a biased view of the reality of Gods description that exist as we view it. The words of God describe reality beyond the constraints of time and the meta physical description from mans view. The works of God in these revelations are the boundaries of blessing of His government that define the terms of our salvation. When the Psalmist thinks of the detail and the ability to perform these works of creation and them meta physical works in man , he is confounded. In this mysterious disposition the Psalmist finds that it is impossible to get forgiveness without understanding the gulf between Gods works and mans ability. It is not found in horizontal relationships.
We must understand that when man talks about his needs being met it is always in the context of his view of forgiveness. Our view of God then determines our understanding of forgiveness. You cannot separate God and salvation from your view of forgiveness. The terms and the reality of forgiveness are not found in forgiving one another. The great war of finding forgiveness is our growth in understanding who God is. Forgiveness is not a action that we achieve. Gods forgiveness is not natural to us. It is antithetical to the way that we reason. This is how the Psalmist finds forgiveness. It is in the works of God that are described by the words of the law, covenants, statutes ,curses and promises. The Psalmist is saying that he is satisfied by understanding that Gods view of the Psalmist sin the necessary work that is needed to meet the Psalmist needs is so great that if God revealed the total sin and corruption that was in man , then all men would be vaporized in a second.
The Psalmist is teaching that he can never find satisfaction in knowing the true state of his own heart as God knows it. It is finding rest in Gods knowledge of the Psalmist strikes against the Psalmist natural way of reasoning. In other words the Palmist need is not met in his ability to control forgiveness but in Gods right to forgive the Psalmist according to Gods mysterious understanding of the Psalmist sinful condition. You see how hard it is to understand forgiveness? We must give up control to get it. If we can control forgiveness then we can control God.
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression."
This Psalm is describing the two revelations of God. One is natural and the other is special revelation. The Psalmist describes how big of a gulf there is between Gods acts in creation and in His written word. He describes the impossibility of man to share in Gods actions of His revelations. God pre ordains whatsoever comes to pass by speaking it into existence and sustaining in His written revelation.
The Psalmist describes Gods creation of all things as a daily preaching of His laws, decrees, statutes, curses and covenants. He is saying that all the truth of reality is described by God in its perfect symmetry and completeness as we live in this time sequence. In other words every man has a biased view of the reality of Gods description that exist as we view it. The words of God describe reality beyond the constraints of time and the meta physical description from mans view. The works of God in these revelations are the boundaries of blessing of His government that define the terms of our salvation. When the Psalmist thinks of the detail and the ability to perform these works of creation and them meta physical works in man , he is confounded. In this mysterious disposition the Psalmist finds that it is impossible to get forgiveness without understanding the gulf between Gods works and mans ability. It is not found in horizontal relationships.
We must understand that when man talks about his needs being met it is always in the context of his view of forgiveness. Our view of God then determines our understanding of forgiveness. You cannot separate God and salvation from your view of forgiveness. The terms and the reality of forgiveness are not found in forgiving one another. The great war of finding forgiveness is our growth in understanding who God is. Forgiveness is not a action that we achieve. Gods forgiveness is not natural to us. It is antithetical to the way that we reason. This is how the Psalmist finds forgiveness. It is in the works of God that are described by the words of the law, covenants, statutes ,curses and promises. The Psalmist is saying that he is satisfied by understanding that Gods view of the Psalmist sin the necessary work that is needed to meet the Psalmist needs is so great that if God revealed the total sin and corruption that was in man , then all men would be vaporized in a second.
The Psalmist is teaching that he can never find satisfaction in knowing the true state of his own heart as God knows it. It is finding rest in Gods knowledge of the Psalmist strikes against the Psalmist natural way of reasoning. In other words the Palmist need is not met in his ability to control forgiveness but in Gods right to forgive the Psalmist according to Gods mysterious understanding of the Psalmist sinful condition. You see how hard it is to understand forgiveness? We must give up control to get it. If we can control forgiveness then we can control God.
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