26/How to Get Rid of Guilt
cannot overlook even one of them! David readily admits, "I have done evil with the Almighty watching." The literal translation of this is, "When Thy eye was fixed on me, with the Lord watching, I fell terribly!" You see, the virus of sin lies in its basic opposition to God. For a thief to steal in the very sight of the judge is certainly the highest form of im– pudence. Yet, in a sense, this is exactly what often takes place in our lives. To injure our fellow man is sin, mainly because we thereby violate the law of God. We Were Born With A Sinful Nature Many years ago, while I was at home as a boy, I can recall hearing about a friend of our family, a man who was married with children, who had gotten involved with another married woman. My parents had spoken of the fact that this wasn't the first time he had done so. He just seemed to have a continually wandering eye. But they were rather shocked at how lightly the individual's mother had passed off the entire problem. She spoke of her son (who we'll call Freddie) in this fashion, "You see, Freddie just can't help it. He was born too handsome. Women simply can't resist him." How foolish can a person be? One thing is for certain. All of us have been born, not necessarily too handsome or too beautiful, but without question, we've all been born in sin. This was David's entire point. In the fifth verse he clearly testifies, "Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me." Make no mistake, he's not talking about some wrong rela– tionship which might have involved his father, Jesse, and his mother; nor is this merely poetic language. It is a clear and concise statement of fact. I think the Amplified Bible characterizes it even more meaningfully when we read the words, "Behold, I was brought forth in a state of iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me; and I, too, am sinful." . . ~he fact that David uses the word "shapen" - shapen in m1qmty- reminds us that no baby has to be taught how to lie,
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