Psalm 19:13
13 Keep back [chasak] thy servant
[`ebed] also from presumptuous [zed] sins; let them not have dominion [mashal] over me: then shall I be upright, [tamam] and I shall be innocent [naqah] from the great [rab]
transgression. [pesha`] KJV-Interlinear
13 Also
keep back Thy servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I
shall be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression. NASB
There are several
passages in the Old Testament that make reference to the confession
process. Beginning in Leviticus with the
first five chapters and the first five sacrifices, and here that process is
described not in its mechanics, but in its purpose and results.
This verse and the next fully
incorporate the spiritual process and function of spirituality.
Beginning with the prior
verse, in the question that is asked, ‘How?’
And now in this verse,
the restraint that is applied to ones life, but not by means of ones own
effort, but by means by Gods effort, then restraint is placed on or provided
for the continuation of the prevention of sin in the life, especially those
sins that come naturally and easily to oneself simply because you have a habit
or a comfort zone in them.
Thus, keep back, is a
reference to the errors described in the previous verse. Keep them back and out of my life.
But how is that possible
when we are all sinners are susceptible to sin, simply because this world
inundates us with burdens and temptations and pressures and enticements and so
forth.
Presumptuous sins are not
those which are open or obvious in ones life, but to those that are boiling,
swelling, inflated, or in other words, those sins that drive your life, those
sins that are a part of your habit or pattern of life. They are the sins that you do over and over,
again and again, simply because you have incorporated them into your life,
perhaps without realizing it, but more so that you simply don’t want to change.
Let them not have
dominion over me, is probably obvious, but is means to consume you, to control
you, to take over your life such that you find it difficult to avoid them.
Self-righteousness, or perhaps
sins of a lascivious nature, or sins of indifference toward truth, may be
examples of ingrained patterns of beliefs or activities that encompass ones
life.
The great transgression,
is not a reference to any one single sin, but a reference to the whole pattern
of sin or sins that you are susceptible to and seem to be dominated by in your
life.
The great transgression
is anything and everything that keeps you out of fellowship and out of Gods will
and plan for your life. This can even include
your unteachable attitude in resisting Gods mandates.
To be innocent, means to
be freed from the burdens that sins place on your life.
The true function of
freedom in ones life exists when you are in fellowship. That is the only place
wherein you can freely grow and learn and understand all that there is to know
and understand and grow to spiritual maturity and beyond.
Fellowship is the place
of clarity of thought, clarity of discernment, clarity in decisions. It is the place of real opportunity.
Innocence is the freedom
you have when sin does not burden your life.
Upright, is then the
actual placement of oneself into fellowship. That is the position where the
spiritual life functions.
Therefore, to cleanse, from
the prior verse, is the function of washing away, with repetition, the sins
that constantly burden or harass you within your life, as well as all sins of
course.
This prevents them from
controlling your life. When there is sin in your life, then that places the sin
nature in control over your life. You are
never really in control over your own self when you live within the carnal
world of sin, regardless of what that sin may be.
With confession you then
become upright, or placed in fellowship.
You then become innocent
or free from the burdens of sin and the sin nature.
And that in turn frees
you to grow and prosper in your life since you are free, while in fellowship,
to pursue that which God intends for you.
Therein is the real
freedom and purpose and design that God gave you, both for now and forever.
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