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AUGUST 12
Cleanse thou me from secret faults.
Keep back
thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not
have dominion over me. . . . Let the words of my mouth, and the
meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O
Lord, my strength and my redeemer—
Psa.
19:12-14. |
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It
would appear that every intelligent Christian would
continually pray this inspired prayer, for cleansing
from secret faults, that he might thus be restrained
from presumptuous sins; and thus praying heartily, he would also
watch against these beginnings of sin and keep his heart in
a cleansed and pure condition, by going
continually to the fountain of grace for
help in every time of need. He who seeks to live a life
of holiness and nearness to the Lord by merely guarding
against outward or presumptuous sins, and who
neglects the beginnings of sin in the secrets of his own
mind, is attempting a right thing in a very foolish and
unreasonable way. |
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Parallel passages:
Job 13:23; Psa. 24:3-5; 26:1,2;51:10; 139:23,24; Ezek.
36:25,26; 1. John 1:7,9; 3:3;
Heb.
6:4-9; 10:26-31; 1.John 5:16; 2.Pet. 2:1-20; Jude
4-25. |
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