Message from Scripture: 5/23/2020

Today’s message from Scripture comes from Psa. 103:12; “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.”

There was a time when people conceived the earth to be carried on the back of a turtle, or to be flat rather than spherical. In this passage of Scripture, David by inspiration tells us, on a spherical surface, east and west are infinitely separated, in the sense that one can travel indefinitely in either direction without ever reaching the other. By contrast, north and south are not infinitely separated as east and west are, because a southward traveler on a spherical surface will be heading north after crossing the South Pole.

The truth David is using this principle to illustrate has a greater importance to us spiritually than just pointing out a fact about nature. How wonderful it is for us to realize, when God forgives our sins, they are cast away, remembered no more. This is not to deny we can’t sin in the future, but the sins of our past, once forgiven, will never be brought against us again. Isaiah puts it this way; “I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins” (Isa. 43:25). The Hebrew writer reaffirms this great truth for us regarding the New Covenant; “For I will forgive their wrongdoing, and I will never again remember their sins” (Heb. 8:12).

Satan wants us to never forget our sins, to discourage us and try to destroy us. In Christ and His shed blood, God in reality never remembers those sins. If we walk in the light, the blood of Christ keeps on cleansing us of our sins (1 John 1:7). God loves us with an everlasting love, and it should encourage us, it should be our joy, to know our past sins stay in the past. Let’s keep them in the past, and live the abundant life Christ offers. Knowing how great God’s forgiveness truly is, have nothing less than a great day today. God bless.

Robert