Hosea 14:1-2, 9.
1 O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity; 2 Take words with you, and return to the Lord. say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips."
1 O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity; 2 Take words with you, and return to the Lord. say to Him, “Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips."
"9 Who is wise? Let him understand these things. Who is prudent? Let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them."
We stumble and fall in our sin against God, but can and must admit (confess) we have done against Him, asking forgiveness. He promises to take away what is due for our sin, taking us close to Himself again, and we should respond with thanks and praise to honor Him for who He is and all He does in this. So wisdom then is to live as He wants from the beginning, to be holy because He is holy as it is written. But such mercy when we do not with forgiveness that remembers no more.... This is grace.
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