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NASB | Psalm 62:12 And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, For You recompense a man according to his work. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 62:12 Also to You, O Lord, belong lovingkindness and compassion, For You compensate every man according to [the value of] his work. [Jer 17:10; Rev 22:12] |
Bible Question: I am struggling just a bit with the notion of repayment according to what we do, since our forgiveness through Jesus' sacrifice is complete. How can both things be true? |
Bible Answer: Katherine, You may want to consider this paradox in the context of the old song Trust and Obey. And also see how St. Paul opens and closes the letter to the Romans, that great book of faith, by speaking of "the obedience of faith" in Romans1:5 and Romans 16:26. Not to mention James 2:18. Paradox is about apparent but not real contradictions that may be difficult to explain even when we know they are both true and real from observation and experience. Like God's justice and mercy. Like Jesus being fully devine and fully human. When we work in obedient faith it is not because we can make God owe us, but because of love and gratitude and a desire to please God. By the same token when God "repays" us it is out of love not because He is obligated to us. It is all in the family which is bound by love not obligation. Did the father of the prodigal son reward his returning son out of obligation or shower him with gifts out of love? Did the son repent and return out of obligation or with the intent of making the father obligated? Or out of a sense of understanding that his father was a loving father who had always been good to him and who was master he would rather serve voluntarily? Emmaus |
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Katherine |