| | Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary
Who may live on your holy hill?
He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous,
who speaks the truth from his heart and has no slander on his tongue,
who does his neighbor no wrong and casts no slur on his fellowman,
who despises a vile man but honors those who fear the Lord,
who keeps his oath even when it hurts,
who lends his money without usury and does not accept a bribe against the innocent
He who does these things will never be shaken.
Blameless? Nope. Righteous? Not on my own. Speaks the truth from his heart? Not usually. No slander on his tongue? Not me. And I could go on like this with each phrase of Psalm 15.
I’m none of those things. I’m more like the guy from Psalm 14, “there is no one who does good, not even one.” But the very power of the gospel is that what I am not in myself, I have been made by Christ. 2 Corinthians 5:21 declares that I am the “righteousness of God” because Christ took my blame and guilt upon himself. Christ was the truth in a world of lives. He loved his neighbor when those around him were reaching for stones. He kept his oath in a world of broken promises. And in him, I am each of these. Praise God for his love that welcomes me into his sanctuary and allows me to live on his holy hill.
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