Devotion 3/13, Forgiven Sin
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.
Psalm 103:12
Now that’s a long way — from the sun’s rising to the sun’s setting, that’s how far God has removed our sins. When we sin and come to God in repentance, God not only forgives our sins, he also purifies us of ALL unrighteousness. What was unholy in us is made righteous in him. What was impure is now clean. What was stained is spotless.
How is this possible? God gives us grace in Jesus!God doesn’t see our sins but Jesus’ sacrifice. Jesus’ blood purifies and cleanses us! Our sin is gone, and we are clean.
Satan’s number one goal is to make us as believers in Christ ineffective for Christ. One of the biggest ways he does this is by tormenting people of past sins causing us to think at times that maybe God still holds some sins against us because in our opinion they were just too great for God to truly forgive. There may even be individuals in our life that love to remind us of past sins. To that God says in Isaiah 43:25, “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”
Father of mercies, thank you for forgiving my sins and removing them. I thank you that I can stand before you holy and without fault because of the blood of Jesus and your gracious desire to forgive me. I now ask, Righteous Father, that you strengthen me with your Holy Spirit so that my conduct will reflect your vision of me in Jesus. I pray in the name of Christ Jesus, your Son, and my Savior. Amen.
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