August is for Augustine

Well actually that's not true, August is for Augustus Caesar... but this will work for my purposes. I am currently reading the Confessions and have been thinking a lot recently about what it will be like to be before the King with nothing but the truth of our sin and the imputed righteousness of Christ before us. How scary and awesome is the love of Christ!!!

Augustine has a great prayer to God concerning the reality of our sin:
"The house of my soul is too small for you to enter: make it more spacious by your coming. It lies in ruins: rebuild it. Some things are to be found there which will offend your gaze; I confess this to be so and know it will. But who will clean my house? To whom but yourself can I cry, cleanse me of my hidden sins, O Lord, and for those incurred through others pardon your servant?"

The reality of our sin is such that we can do nothing apart from Christ which will please the Father or bring him the Glory that we were made to give to Him. I must admit this scares me immensely. I know the hatred that God has for sin and for the sin in my life.

In 2 Samuel 6 you can see this in the death of Uzzah. All he did was try and right the falling ark of the covenant. But it is the very audacity that we might approach the holiness of God on our own that results in the wages of sin, death...

Oh how great is the advocacy of Christ! That we could go before the Father and be able to point to Christ for our righteousness! That Christ died for you (and me) and all we need is Faith in God. This is love... that God would give His only son.

Repent! for the kingdom of God is at hand. Christ has come and He lives today. He reigns and there will come a time when he will come again. When we are before the Father we will know our sin in full, but we will know that it was all placed on the cross. Enter into that knowledge now! Because if we are really here to give God His glory, lets do it as His righteous people. As co-heirs with Christ.