Psalm 15
Have you ever wanted a succinct list of the behaviors and actions that God requires of those who will be close to Him? If so, you will find what God requires in Psalm 15.
This Psalm begins with the questions, "Lord, who may live in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill?" The Psalmist proceeds to spell out the requirements. First of all, we need to have a blameless walk. This has two meanings for the Christian. We know that we are not made righteous by our works. We are made righteous in the eyes of God through the redeeming work of Christ on the cross. He did for us what we could not do for ourselves. The Bible says that He who knew no sin became sin for us so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. He took away our sins, and in place of our sins, He imputed His righteousness.
Now that we are redeemed, we demonstrate that we have a true possession of faith by our deeds. We are saved unto good works.
In order to dwell in the presence of the Lord, we need to be people who speak the truth. As Jesus said, our yes should be yes, and our no should be no.
This Psalm says that we are to do good to our neighbor. This is in keeping with the words of Jesus telling us to love our neighbor as ourselves. As we would like to be treated, that is the way that we should treat others .
We are to honor those who honor God. We are to resist the forces of evil in our society.
Verse 5 is interesting. We are not to lend our money hoping to get repaid with interest. We are to help others without the thought of gain.
The Psalmist concludes by telling us that those who follow the instructions in Psalm 15 will never be shaken. We will have close fellowship with the Lord.
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