Romans 4:8
Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.
There is a word in Paul’s citation of David’s testimony that deserves special consideration. It is the word never, which occurs in the sentence, “Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.” Never means never, and it must be taken at full value here, even though the opposite is almost always the case in human relationships. We all know the kind of forgiveness in which a person reluctantly accepts our apology and says he will forgive us. But we know as he says this that he is not forgetting what happened, that our offense will linger in his mind and will probably be brought out against us in the future.
This text tells us that God is not like that. It tells us that once he has forgiven us for our sin through the work of Christ, he will never, never bring it up to us again. He will not bring it up in this life, never remind us of something in the past. He will always begin with us precisely where we are in the present. And he will never bring it up at the day of judgment. Why? Because it is truly forgiven. It will never be remembered anymore.
That is real “blessedness,” which is the terminology David uses. So I ask: Are you blessed? Why trade away true blessedness for the false blessings offered by this world?
The world does offer its blessings, of course. It is how it holds its victims. It offers material things chiefly, but it also offers intangibles such as a good reputation, success, happiness, and so on. Let me remind you that you can have all these things and more and still be miserable—if the burden of your sin is not lifted.
However blessed is the man whose sins have been dealt with by God, whose sins are forgiven and covered by the blood of Christ. As our sins are forgiven, the Lord does not count them against us no more because at the same time we become righteous in his sight. Not because we have done something worthy to merit rightness before God, but because we believed (in faith and complete trust) in God and his Christ. That is the fountain of blessedness.
I commend that very great blessing to you.
Grace to the Nation 