Psalm 15
I can’t help but think of Edgar Sork when I read this psalm. I’d only known Ed for a year before he passed away, but all I knew of him answered the question of this passage positively.
O Lord, who may dwell in Your presence? An essential question for all, no doubt. In other words: Lord, what kind of person is bound for heaven? What do You desire of those who are saved and will inherit eternal life?
Take a long, hard, honest look at the way this psalm answers that question. What are the marks of a man who will live forever with the Lord? Does this describe you?
To be sure, salvation is not based on our works. One may be able to keep this list fairly well, but no one will ever measure up to God’s perfect standard. Only through the righteousness given to us in Christ Jesus can we be made perfect.
Salvation is a gift of God’s grace received by faith, not of our own works, lest any man should boast. Through that faith the Spirit of God begins to change us, empowering and enabling us to do the good works which God has prepared for us.
I read this psalm at Ed’s funeral because his life displayed the character and deeds of one whose life Christ has changed, a man who was never shaken, a man who will dwell and is dwelling eternally in the presence of God.
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