Psalm 51:5: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.
Experiencing Jesus in the Psalms
“There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness” (Prov. 30:12). There are people who think they are all right, but they are not sensitive to sin. They are like the man in the far North who, as he got colder, wanted to rest. He felt very comfortable sitting down. But those with him knew what was happening to him—he was freezing to death. They wouldn’t let him sit down but kept him moving so he would not die. Today there are many sitting in our churches so cold and so comfortable that they do not realize that in God’s sight they are sinners. We not only need a Savior, but we need cleansing. Paul says, “For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing …” (Rom. 7:18). David, you see, went right down to the root of the matter. He confessed that he had a sin nature. 1
Living the Transformed Life
You once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience, among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath. Ephesians 2:1–3
- Knowing our sinful nature…is to know we desperately need His mercy.
- Knowing our sinful nature…is to know we desperately need His Holy Spirit.
- Knowing our sinful nature…is to know we desperately need to flee from sin.
The inner man cries loudly for a new nature to overthrow the old nature.
Praise and Prayer
Thank You, Father, for always revealing from Your word, why we must be born again. Dear Jesus, teach me each day to celebrate my new nature in Christ Jesus.
1. McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Psalms 42-89) (electronic ed., Vol. 18, p. 62). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
