NOTES for Psa 14:3
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. |
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All this appears like that from our human point of view. But the psalm transmits to us what God sees. And He sees that there is nobody, who could only do good (it seems, we can agree with Him on that). For indeed it is written: "whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all" (James 2:10). From this absolute point of view all the same filthy and there is no reason to compare ourselves one another: it is not a matter of "one is better, and another worse ", but rather "both are worse". Only God is capable of an absolute righteousness, only the Son of God manifested the fulfillment of this righteousness in man, only the Christ is the unique standard given to us for comparison, before Whom, we are all in the same degree sinners. But in Jesus Christ God opens to us not only the possibility of seeing our filthinesses, but also the entrance into His righteousness, and the Good news of the Christianity consists of this.
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For Psa 14:1-5
1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. |
2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. |
3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. |
4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. |
5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. |
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