We just learned in Psalm 14 that we can do no good apart from God. Psalm 15 gives a list of holy living behaviors we can achieve when we submit our hearts and lives to the Holy Spirit that lives in us if we've accepted Christ as our Savior. This isn't a list of things we need to achieve before we can earn Christ's gift of salvation, these are the things He alone was able to achieve on our behalf. We as mankind screwed up. Jesus came down from Heaven to show us how it is done. But unlike a teacher who just models behavior to mimic, Jesus exchanged his perfection for our imperfections and therefore took the wrath of God and endured the punishment for our sins and screw-ups. He bridged the gap between broken man and Holy God. Some of you like your to-do lists. You get extreme satisfaction out of marking a task done. Some of you (don't worry danae and joslynn your secret is safe with me) even like to put things already accomplished on your to-do list and then cross them off done. But isn't that is the beauty of Christ's sacrifice?! He has made our life's to do list a done list. These action items can now be done in confidence, in freedom, and in gratitude of what is already done for you. They can't earn us anything more than the righteousness Christ already gives you.
Psalm 15 Questions -
1. The age old question: how do you get to Heaven? Your perfection or Christ's perfection?
2. How are these behaviors applied in your life? How are they broken?
3. What does it mean that if you do these things you will never be shaken?
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