January 1, 2025
From Everlasting to Everlasting - Part 3
Psalm 90:8-10
01/01/2025
8 You have set our iniquities before you, our secret
sins in the light of your presence.
9 For all our days pass away under your wrath; we
bring our years to an end like a sigh.
10 The years of our life are seventy, or even by
reason of strength eighty; yet their span is but
toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly
away. (ESV)
Happy New Year. This morning as we contemplate the eighth
day of Jesus' life, the day He first bled for the sins of the
world as He was named and circumcised, we remember that His name
means ``The LORD is Our Salvation.'' Our only hope for the
forgiveness of our sins is found in this infant who is destined
to die for our transgressions, only to rise again to give us
eternal life with Him.
Today is also the day many people make resolutions to
accomplish great things, be it to lose 25 pounds, or give up
smoking, or to finish that college degree. Resolutions say that
we have failed in the past, that we need to improve. Moses said
the same thing in the Psalm we are studying this week.
You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins
in the light of your presence. For all our days pass
away under your wrath; we bring our years to an end
like a sigh. The years of our life are seventy, or
even by reason of strength eighty; yet their span is
but toil and trouble; they are soon gone, and we fly
away.
Saint Paul reminds us, ``For the wages of sin is death, but
the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.''[1] Because of our sin we stand condemned. Because the
LORD is our Salvation, we know that we have the forgiveness of
our sins. Though this life is short, we have the promise of
eternity in the mansions of heaven.
May our Lord grant you a safe and blessed New Year. Amen.
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1. Romans 6:23 (ESV)