You are blessed today because all your sins are forgiven in Christ. God does not count your sins against you. Instead, He counts you righteous in Christ. That is why you are the blessed man to whom the Lord does not and will not impute sin!
What happens to such a man? Letās look at the story of Jacob to find out.
The Bible records how Jacob had deceived his father and cheated his elder brother Esau of his firstborn blessing. (Genesis 27:1ā41) Yet, in spite of his sin of deception, God chose to speak to Jacob. And no, God did not say to this cheat, āYou terrible sinner! How can you deceive your own father? You are cursed!ā
No, to deceitful Jacob, God said, āI am the Lord God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie I will give to you and your descendantsā¦Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have spoken to you.ā (Genesis 28:13ā15) Here was a man to whom God did not impute sin!
God did not rebuke Jacob at all. Instead, we hear Him telling Jacob, āI will give to youā¦I am with youā¦I will keep youā¦I will bring you backā¦I will not leave youā¦ā Jacob certainly did not deserve these blessings. This is one man who walked in the truth of Romans 4:8āāBlessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sinā! Now, I am not encouraging you to sin, but I want you to see the love and grace of God toward us.
If Jacob was so blessed, how much more you and I today, who are under the new covenant of grace established by the blood of Jesus. How much more is our blessedness because Jesus has removed all our sins at the cross!
Beloved, because of Jesusā finished work, God does not impute sin to you. What He does impute to you is righteousness apart from works. (Romans 4:6) And because you are righteous, get ready for His blessings! (Proverbs 10:6)
