FORGIVENESS - like the most pure gold“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend anymoreJob נָשָׂ֗אתִי nā·śā(ʾ)ʹ·ṯî carry; lift, lift up; raise; bring, take or take away; raise high; exalt; maintain; have a longing for verb, Qal, first person, singular ± qātal (perfect), active, suffixed (perfect), commonBDB lift, carry, takeCHAL lift, raise (high); pardonנשׂא nśʾ carry; lift, lift up; raise; bring, take or take away; raise high; exalt; maintain; have a longing forBDB lift, carry, takeCHAL lend, make a loan; take a loan; creditor; moneylender; usurer; practice usury…teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’? Will he then make repayment to suit you, because you reject it? For you must choose, and not I; therefore declare what you know.Job שׁלם šlm be completed, ready; remain healthy, unharmed; keep peace; finish, carry out; deliver up; make peaceBDB be complete, soundCHAL be finished, completed; come to an end; stay sound, healthy, uninjured; keep peace, keep quiet; make amends; repay, reward, requiteNASB Dictionaries requital“For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great.” ‭‭Psalm‬ ‭‭ ““Speak comfortably to Jerusalem, and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.”” ‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭This man was blameless and upright;he feared God and shunned evil. (Job Not only the entire book of Job but the whole of the gospel fact, everything is summed up by this one word "blame-less” - For the central question of religion is, "How can human beings get free of guilt?" How can we escape that sense, howevervague, of gnawing insecurity that dogs our every step? Jesus asked His disciples, "Why are you so afraid?" (Matt. Of course God loves us. Everybody knows that. But that is precisely the problem we have in relating to God: He loves everybody, indiscriminately, even the people He is going to send to Hell. Who needslove like that? The real question is not whether God loves us, but whether He approves of us, whether we are pleasing to Him. One thing is certain: if we are not pleasing to God, He will never be pleas-ing to us. Why should we like someone who is forever condemning us? On the other hand, can we imagine what it would be like to so move and excite the heart of God that He would run to meet us, throw His arms around us and kiss us, dress us in His best robe, and put rings on our fingers? Can we picture the Lord Almighty killing the fattened calf for us and throwing a big party in our honor? Can we imagine having the Creator of the universe say to us, just as He said to Jesus Christ, "You are My beloved son, and I like you" (Mark Glorification | The Final Frontier Going Boldly Where The Last Man has Gone Before! Decrease time over target: PayPal or Venmo @clastronaut Cash App $clastronaut