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Pardon for the Greatest Sinners-Jonathan Edwards

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Psalm 25:11, "For thy name's sale, O Lord, pardon my iniquity; for it is great."

IT is evident by some passages in this psalm, that when it was penned, it was a time of affliction and danger with David. This appears particularly by the 15th and following verses: "Mine eyes are ever towards the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net," etc. His distress makes him think of his sins, and leads him to confess them, and to cry to God for pardon, as is suitable in a time of affliction. See ver. 7. "Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions;" and verse 18. "Look upon mine affliction, and my pain, and forgive all my sins."

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Author and Finisher of Our Faith

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Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff- they comfort me. Psalm 23

This Reuters photo from Japan captures the uncertainty that faces millions in Japan. Circumstances such as these generate a cloud of fear that permeates our thoughts and infuses our actions as thoroughly as Cessium permeates the air, ground, plants and animals.

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Commander of the Army of the Lord

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Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries?"  He replied, "Neither; but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, "What do you command your servant, my lord?" The commander of the army of the Lord said to Joshua, "Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy." And Joshua did so. Joshua 5

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