Higher Obedience

“When iniquities prevail against me, you atone for our transgressions.” Psalm 65:3

“Yet he, being compassionate, atoned for their iniquities.” Psalm 78:38

“Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name; deliver us, and atone for our sin” Psalm 79:9

“You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin.” Psalm 85:2

I’ve been reading the Psalms. I suppose that when I think of God’s salvation that is not by works of man, but by the gift of God to man, I am prone to turn to the Gospels or the Epistles for verses that speak of God’s grace to us, I rarely turn to the Psalms – maybe you do. It is interesting that as I read the Psalms, I keep noticing glimpses of God’s work for us, as the few verses I quoted above tell: It is God who atones for our sins. I guess that I think that the N.T. is clearer when it comes to explaining God’s slavation, but the thing is that God always dealt with us in the same way, right from the begining: We can do nothing to atone for our sins, only God can cleanse us and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ, God incarnated.