Who is the blessed man?

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6 David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

7 “Blessed are those
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.
8 Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[a]
 
How is this…
Who is the blessed man Paul writes about in Romans 4?
who is it speaking of?
Can’t make it any simpler.

Are you the blessed man?
 
myfavoritmartin said:
How is this…
Who is the blessed man Paul writes about in Romans 4?
who is it speaking of?
Can’t make it any simpler.
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Thank you.

Paul quotes Ps 32:1-2 to buttress his reading of Gen 15:6, showing again that justification takes place apart from circumcision and observance of the Torah. He is using a Jewish exegetical technique that links passages of Scripture together on the basis of common vocabulary. Note how the excerpts from Genesis and the Psalter both showcase the verb “reckon”. Psalm 32 celebrates divine forgiveness. As Paul points out, the Psalmist does not restrict this blessing to the people of the Mosaic covenant, i.e. to those who are circumcised (4:9) and trace their genealogy back to Abraham (4:12). Forgiveness is an essential part of justification in Pauline theology (Acts 13:38-39).
 
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myfavoritmartin:
Are you the blessed man?
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Are you?
 
The blessed man is the one who shares the faith of Abraham regardless of their bloodline.
 
myfavoritmartin said:
I’ll answer this if you first answer the OP, who is the blessed man** whose sin the Lord will never count against them?**

Or answer are you the blessed man?
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I am blessed in a number of ways.
I have life.
I have a loving wife.
I have six loving children
I have the real presence of Jesus available to me at Mass and 24 hour Eucharist Adoration.
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davidv said:
I am blessed in a number of ways.
I have life.
I have a loving wife.
I have six loving children
I have the real presence of Jesus available to me at Mass and 24 hour Eucharist Adoration.
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Those are blessings in your life and have nothing to do with the OP.

Per the OP are you saying the Lord will or will not hold your sins against you?
 
myfavoritmartin said:
Those are blessings in your life and have nothing to do with the OP.

Per the OP are you saying the Lord will or will not hold your sins against you?
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He will will hold my sins against me if I don’t repent. (blasphamy of the Holy Spirit)
They will be forgotten by Him if I do repent.
 
If I may jump in on this, I think that the blessed man is David himself. Read Psalm 32 and you will probably notice that David (who wrote Psalm 32) talks of his guilt pbobably after commiting adultery and murder.
 
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Yes, answer the blessed question.
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“To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

Yes i am the blessed man because I believe on Him whom justifies.
 
david_friol said:
If I may jump in on this, I think that the blessed man is David himself. Read Psalm 32 and you will probably notice that David (who wrote Psalm 32) talks of his guilt pbobably after commiting adultery and murder.
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Couldn’t be because verse 6 describes that even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
 
myfavoritmartin said:
“To him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.”

Yes i am the blessed man because I believe on Him whom justifies.
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To the one who did the work assigned to him, the master replied.
`Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a little, I will set you over much; enter into the joy of your master.’
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