What’s A Modern Day Person’s Excuse?

The Psalmist knew that God will never condemn a person whose heart is right with Him. Think about that for a minute, David wrote this about 1,000 years before Jesus came. How did he know this? How could he know that through Jesus, all people who put their faith in Him will not be condemned? The only explanation I can think of is he knew God, intimately. He knew God’s character, His promises, and His loyalty to His word. If David could know this before God’s plan was even revealed, what’s a modern day person’s excuse for not believing 2,000 years after God’s plan of salvation has been fulfilled? The key to it is pursuing God daily. When you come to know the Creator of the Universe on a personal level, you get to share in its benefits just as David did. Time is irrelevant to God, for He is not held captive by its boundaries as we are. But when we pursue God with a strong conviction of truth, we get glimpses of what life will be like outside its boundaries. We can share in its bounties that span more than 3,000 years since David. Now that’s something to get excited about: God will never condemn those that take refuge in Him.

15 The eyes of the Lord watch over those who do right;His ears are open to their cries for help.16 But the Lord turns His face against those who do evil;He will erase their memory from the earth.17 The Lord hears His people when they call to Him for help.He rescues them from all their troubles.18 The Lord is close to the brokenhearted;He rescues those whose spirits are crushed. 19 The righteous person faces many troubles,but the Lord comes to the rescue each time.20 For the Lord protects the bones of the righteous;not one of them is broken! 21 Calamity will surely overtake the wicked,and those who hate the righteous will be punished.22 But the Lord will redeem those who serve Him.No one who takes refuge in Him will be condemned. Psalms 34:15-22