Oh How Sweet To Be Forgiven!
Psalm 32
Purpose: to rejoice in the forgiveness of sin found only in Jesus Christ!
- The Sinner, Forgiven! (Ps 32:1-2)
- The Sinner, Remembering, Confessing! (Ps 32:3-5a)
1 John 1:9-10 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive”
Colossians 2:9-14 “forgiven” in the cross of Christ
- The Forgiveness of God! (Ps 32:5b-7)
How does God forgive sin?
By grace through faith in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ
Ephesians 2:8-10 made alive “by grace through faith”
Luke 24:44-47, esp. 47 “repentance for the forgiveness of sins”
See also 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
- The LORD Instructs the Righteous (Ps 32:8-11)
Notice: the wicked v. the righteous
Philippians 3:1; 4:4; 1 Thessalonians 5:16 – Rejoice in forgiveness!
No greater joy is there than to know that your sin is forgiven by God in Jesus Christ!