Acknowledge Your Sin and Surrender To Jesus As Lord

601 - Today's Prime Time Devo comes from 2Sa 19:18-23, “ Then a ferryboat went across to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. Now Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king when he had crossed the Jordan. 19 Then he said to the king, "Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart. 20 "For I, your servant, know that I have sinned. Therefore here I am, the first to come today of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king." 21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, "Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?" 22 And David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be adversaries to me today? Shall any man be put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that today I am king over Israel?" 23 Therefore the king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." And the king swore to him. (2 Sam 19:18-23) Who says the gospel is not present in the Old Testament? Shimei, a sinner who had cursed David, comes to him with genuine repentance. “For I your servant know that I have sinned.” Two things are evident in this statement of repentance. We have an admission of sin, and also a declaration to be David's servant henceforth. This is no different than a profession of faith we might see today, as we acknowledge our sinfulness before God and surrender our lives to Jesus. Of course there are those like the sons of Zeruiah who would withhold forgiveness from Shimei, but David, just like Jesus will have no part in it! Because as Jesus said in Joh 3:17 "For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, (Shimei, you, me) but that the world (Shimei, you, me) through Him might be saved.” Let the words of David spoken to the repentant Shimei, speak to your repentant soul today as if they were spoken by God Himself, “You shall not die." And the king swore to him. God's sworn testimony of salvation is all over this Book we call the Bible and He is not a man that He should lie and He says in Joh 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. Father may the sweetness of Your gospel ring in the souls of those who hear it today.