‘Blot Out My Transgressions’

‘Blot Out My Transgressions’

Have mercy upon me, O God, According to Your lovingkindness; According to the multitude of Your tender mercies, Blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:1

When we sin, we incur charges at the Judgment Bar of God. We break His Law and become guilty. This has to do with the fact that we are sinners by nature, and also with the fact that we are sinners by choice. David made a choice regarding what he did with Bathsheba, and more choices regarding the murder of her husband, Uriah. Of the Ten Commandments which God had given, he had broken at least three. These stood as charges against him. He demonstrates a good understanding of the character of God when he pleads, ‘Blot out my transgressions.’ This reflects a very evangelical understanding of how God deals with sin. This brings us to the Person and Work of Christ. Hebrews makes it very clear that, ‘without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.’ All the Old Testament sacrifices were only types, shadows, and pictures of Christ’s once-for-all Sacrifice. It is the Blood of Christ Alone which can ‘blot out’ our ‘transgressions.’ David had an evangelical understanding of this, which he reflects by his plea. So, when we come to God, having sinned grievously, we appeal to Him to ‘blot out’ our ‘transgressions,’ by the Blood of Christ. The joyful news for us is that, ‘there is forgiveness with You the You may be reverenced.’ Today, let us look to the Blood of Christ which cleanses us from all sin. Here is what will ‘blot out’ our ‘transgressions.’

Our Good and Forgiving God,
we rejoice that there is forgiveness with You.
We praise You that by the blood of Christ,
You do indeed, blot out all of our transgressions.

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning