She explained that the word "credited" is a banking term. It is added to our account. Like our spiritual checking account... picture that.... God making a deposit into MY account. I was thrilled to think of God filling out a deposit slip for my account. That was enough to make me jump up and down.
She then moved down to verse 7 and 8...
"Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him."
The word "count" is also an accounting term. She explained that this verse tells us that our sins are not counted against us... they don't get deposited into an account. They are gone. There is not a "sin account".... only a righteousness account. Well.... that thrilled me again.
God is not making a list of our sins... they are thrown into the sea of forgetfulness. Sins that are confessed... God promises to forgive them. (1 John 1:19)
The only thing that gets deposited into our spiritual righteousness account is when we exercise our faith. It is our faith... that makes God get out the deposit slips and make a deposit into our account. Okay... I could grasp that..... BUT then she said....
"not even our righteousness gets deposited into the righteousness account..." Did you get that?? All the righteous things that we do don't even make a difference in our righteousness account. The only deposits that are made is when we exercise faith.
Now... I don't know... that might not do a thing for you. Or maybe you had already thought that one out before. If so, just pardon me while I get excited about it.
Think about it... when we exercise our faith... our account just gets bigger and bigger. When we sin... it doesn't decrease the balance in our account. When we "do" all those righteous things that we do... our account doesn't get bigger. Just faith... Believing God... Trusting God... makes our account get fatter.
Maybe if my regular bank account worked like that I could keep from overdrawing... deposit... deposit... deposit.... nothing coming back out. Don't you wish it really worked like that at the bank.
1Peter 3:15
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared in give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
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All over this a few weeks ago. Wrote two posts called, "Believing Him unto Salvation" on this very subject. It is what Paul was always up in arms about when the church kept trying to put rules back onto their freedom. (Read Galatians). I grew up being taught you had to "keep" the law perfectly to "keep" yourself saved. Hogwash!! Only my belief is "credited to me as righteousness". Another neat thing is guess whose righteousness goes into my account? HIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thus why my works have nothing to do with my salvation or my account only my simple hearted beief and trust in HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS!! Makes me want to dance and shout too!!
This has me thinking....exciting!
A wonderful teaching; I want to hold an Abraham faith. He makes me want to take courage and to step out in full belief that God steps with me as I go.
Happy Mother's Day, Lynn. Hope your son is doing well.
peace~elaine
I'm so thankful God continues to make deposits in my life.
Thanks Lynn. Love ya
I am RICH beyond all I could ever imagine.
My husband does our bills-I will have our checking account so messed up. On the otherhand, I totally get this spiritual bank Beth Moore was talking about!!
Great post!!
In His Graces~Pamela
A good post - and Happy Mothers Day.
Lynn,
Thank you for sharing this beautiful truth with us. One I needed to hear this morning as I've found my faith wavering from time to time concerning health issues. I'm BELIEVING God.
Lovingly,
Yolanda
What great thoughts you've shared!!!
I'm truly BLESSED that God keeps depositing..into my heart, soul, and life.
Blessings.
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