Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the Word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calvary Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today,

Pastor Chuck continues with sins and transgressions as we pick up in Psalm chapter 32 verse one and now with

today's message here's pastor Chuck. Whether it's deliberate or just a lack of weakness or failure it is still missing the

mark that God has set. That's why the Bible says all have sinned. The Bible calls you a sinner and you may get uptight about that.

But God said you've all missed the mark.

Now when I tell you the mark is perfection, that's what God wants you to be.

Then is there anyone here willing to stand up and say, I've hit the mark. I'm perfect. Look at me I'm Mr.

Perfect. No I think we'll all confess I've missed the mark. Not always willingly, I've sought to be better a person than I really am.

I'm not as good as I would like to be. I've missed the mark. A transgression is a little different because

transgression is a willful, a deliberate missing of the mark. It's a deliberate action of

disobedience on my part. God says here's a line now Chuck I don't want you to go over that line and I

get busy with my activities I'm not paying any attention all of a sudden I'm over here on the other side of the line and God says hey hey

Wait a minute there's the line I told you not to go over. Oh Lord I'm sorry

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