Continuing with a look into the hidden port of Mark 4:10-13, with a focus on verse 12 and its speaking of Redemption, the forgiveness of Adams sin as a curse to heavy for man, by taking on the nature of the deceiver. Which is a self-for-self nature a nature in which deception and hardness of heart rules the day. Jesus' gospel was that of peace with Father, as the only means of acquiring the kingdom of God and Heaven taking its rightful place in mans redeemed heart, a place of acceptance, resisted by many as an unknown change is resisted by strife and chaos rule. Because of a lack of fear and without thought of consequence. The consequence is that of Deuteronomy 18 verse 19 as we have already looked into. But for remembrance here it is again, Deu. 18:19 "Whoever will not listen to My words that He will speak in My (Emmanuel-Messiah) name, I Myself will require it of him." I must point out that king David wrote many Psalms as one looking in and hearing the things spoken by God to His Son and the Son speaking to the Father, often in the first person as one or the other is speaking. I am so thankful for GOD's mercy and grace working anew each day within me.
Forgiveness, sins deleted,
2Samuel 12:7-20 "Then Nathan said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your arms and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do what is evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife and have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now therefore the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house. And I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he will lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.'" David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has put away your sin; you will not die. Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the LORD, the child who is born to you will die." Then Nathan went to his house.
The LORD afflicted the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and he became sick. David therefore sought God on behalf of the child. And David fasted and went in and lay all night on the ground. And the elders of his house stood beside him, to raise him from the ground, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. On the seventh day the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he did not listen to us. How then can we say to him the child is dead? He may do himself some harm." But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" They said, "He is dead." Then David arose from the earth and washed and anointed himself and changed his clothes. And he went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. He then went to his own house. And when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate."
Psalm 78:34-39 "When He killed them, they sought Him; they repented and sought God earnestly. They remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered Him with their mouths; they lied to Him with their tongues. Their heart was not steadfast toward Him; they were not faithful to His covenant. Yet He, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquity and did not destroy them; He restrained His anger often and did not stir up all His wrath. For He remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that passes and comes not again."
Psalm 85:1-7 "LORD, You were favorable to Your land; You restored the fortunes of Jacob. You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. (Selah, think on these things) You withdrew all Your wrath; You turned from Your hot anger. Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us! Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? Show us your steadfast love, O LORD, and grant (keep) us in Your salvation."
Mark 2:1-12 "Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that He was at home. And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And He was speaking the word to them. And they came, bringing to Him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, "Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" And immediately Jesus, perceiving in His spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, "Why do you question these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Rise, take up your bed and walk'? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"—He said to the paralytic— "I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home." And he rose and immediately picked up his bed and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We never saw anything like this!"
Colossians 2:6-7, 8-15 "As you received Christ Jesus the LORD, so walk in Him, rooted and built up by Him and established in His faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled with Him, Who is the head of all rule and authority. In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried within Him in baptism, in which you were also raised with Him through faith in the powerful working of God, Who raised Him from the dead. And you were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This He set aside, nailing it to the (altar of His) cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them through Him."
Tomorrow the LORD willing I will look at our conversion or the conversion of sinners.
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