in the said Psalm (not for those who failed to fulfill any of them).
Certain day, upon hearing Rabban Gamaliel's interpretation, another sage named “Akiva” asked him to
consider the passage found in Leviticus 18:24. Akiva said to Gamaliel, “According
to your logic, the passage
saying, “...you shall not defile yourselves in all these things...”, would have to be interpreted as meaning that,
for a man to defile himself, he would have to commit all the sins listed there.
But that, if he just committed one of those sins, he wouldn't be sullied. However, the reality is that, in that
passage, the expression “in all these things” means that, if the man commits just one of the disobediences
named there, it is as if he had committed them all. So also in Psalm 15:5, the expression “all these things”
means that, if a man obeys just one of the commandments enumerated there, it is as if
he had obeyed them
all».
And the Hebrew Scripture seems to confirm the previous interpretation, when it goes on to state that the
favor God extends to his servants isn’t based on past actions and aptitudes; but rather on present actions and
aptitudes.
In other words, if the man who obeys God’s commandments suddenly decides to rebel, and proceeds to
violate them, his past obedience [and submission] do not qualify him to continue enjoying the Divine favor.
On
the other hand, if a man lives in rebellion and disobedience, but one day decides to embrace an aptitude
of repentance and obedience, his past disobedience against God’s commandments do not prevent him from
attaining the Divine favor. As it is written:
“But the wicked, IF HE TURNS AWAY FROM ALL HIS SINS THAT HE HAS DONE, and keeps all my
statutes and does what is right and just, he shall surely live; he will not die. ALL THE TRANSGRESSIONS
THAT HE COMMITTED,
SHALL NOT BE REMEMBERED; in his righteousness which he made HE
SHALL LIVE...”-Ezekiel 18:21-22.
And also says, “AGAIN, WHEN THE WICKED MAN TURNETH AWAY FROM HIS WICKEDNESS
THAT HE HATH COMMITTED, AND DOETH THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT, HE SHALL
SAVE HIS SOUL ALIVE. Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath
committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die… REPENT, AND TURN YOURSELVES FROM ALL
YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS; SO INIQUITY SHALL NOT BE YOUR RUIN”-Ezekiel 18:27-28 & 30
(KJV).
And finally says: «Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; IF HE TURN FROM HIS SIN,
AND DO THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT; If
the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had
robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; HE SHALL SURELY LIVE, HE SHALL
NOT DIE. NONE OF HIS SINS THAT HE HATH COMMITTED SHALL BE MENTIONED UNTO HIM:
he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live»- Ezekiel 33:14-16
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