I see somebody 'gets it.'
The Law certainly doesn't lead us to delude ourselves about the facts of sin. Quite the opposite. It LIGHTS up the temple
to put down that working.
The prayer of Daniel
exemplifies those who understand the Law,
and those who forget it's lessons.
The prayer of honesty is honored by God:
Daniel 9:
4 And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
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We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
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Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them,
because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
8 O Lord,
to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers,
because we have sinned against thee.
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To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him;
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Neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
11 Yea,
all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice;
therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God,
because we have sinned against him.
12 And
he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us,
by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
13 As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the Lord our God,
that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
14 Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.
15 And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
16 O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake.
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
To know our sin is to see we have NO BASIS whatsoever for His Grace and Mercy.
When the Law was read at the reconstruction of the temple out of the captivity of Babylon, the people CRIED because they saw the reality of Gods Dealings with those who FORGET.
To claim we are sinless is and remains a blatant lie.
The Law EVER reminds us of our continuing NEED of Him.
The Law should lead to speaking truthfully about these matters, but unfortunately it has produced the exact opposite. And that only serves to show
the validity of the Law and the lying intentions of man.
Hardly a believer will ever see themselves producing bad fruit. Only and always good fruit. Believers never see themselves doing goat works, only sheep works.
Fairytale righteousness exalted beyond truthful speaking and factual sights are worthless sights and worthless measures.
The Law will produce HONESTY within those who stand under it 'honestly.'
2 Corinthians 13:7
Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should
do that which is honest,
though we be as reprobates.
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