Copyright 2015 J. Neely
Psalm 38:4
4 For mine iniquities [`avon] are
gone over [`abar] mine
head [ro'sh]: as an
heavy [kabed] burden
[massa'] they
are too heavy [kabad] for
me. KJV-Interlinear
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; like
a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. ESV
When Adam and Eve
were in the garden, there was no sin. Without sin, there was no burden, no
difficulty, no worry, no stress. In short, they did not have any concerns.
After sin however,
problems began.
There are two
words used in this verse for the word, heavy.
The first is, kabed,
and the second is, kabad. Both words are
very similar in nature.
The first refers
to the severity and difficulty in terms of being too numerous.
The second refers
to the severity and burdensome in terms of magnitude, as in heavy or weighty.
This verse is
designed to demonstrate that the existence of sin, is the chief cause of all of
the world’s problems.
This verse is also
designed to demonstrate that all of your problems in life, in one form or
another, are related to sin.
And finally, the
existence of sin, which leads to the existence of problems and difficulties, as
a magnitude and weight which is far above your head, and far beyond your
ability to deal with them.
Man will never be
able to correct the problems of this world. There will always be problems. There
will always be the poor. There will always be the handicapped. There always be
factions and divisions between people. And because of sin, there will never
ever be any human solution.
No matter what our
sincerity, no matter what our intentions, no matter what government programs we
try to put in place, there will never ever be a solution to any of the problems
that people or government try to correct.
Therefore, there
is only one obvious solution. And that solution comes from someplace beyond
human ability. And of course that beyond, refers to God.
Jesus Christ is
the only solution. And our access to that solution, is through Jesus Christ.
And we obtain a
solution, first through faith in Christ, which is salvation.
And second,
through spiritual growth by means of a daily study.
And third, through
living in the fellowship sphere, which is the environment of the spiritual life.
And fourth, by
growing up in our spiritual life and completing the essence within our self.
And fifth, by
eventually obtaining a resurrection body, which by the way permanently
separates us from sin.
And you could add
one more step, which would be our entrance into the new universe, which puts
this entire old universe and everything related to it, permanently behind.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever. To ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily
study means you will be incomplete, unfulfilled and you will lose out, big
time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
