August 14                                       Isa 40 - 42

TOTALLY GONE

MEMORISE: 'As far as the east is from the west So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.'(Ps 103:12)
READ: Psalm 103:8-14

Jesus is simply wonderful. I owe everything I am and ever will be to him. The same applies for every genuine Christian whose sins have been washed away by the blood of Christ. We shall be eternally grateful to him. After the fall of Adam, men became sinners. Sin had brought a deadlock in man's relationship with God. But the love of God prevailed, and he sought out a way to relationship with God. Garden of Eden, God had to shed blood to obtain animal skins to cover Adam and Eve (Gen 3:21). But this was not enough.

While seeking a perfect solution to the problem of sin, God had an idea to extend forgiveness by covering his children's sins. If you cover coins with a stone, and you remove the stone year later, the coins will still be there. Although Old Testament believers could sacrifice animals to atone for their sins, it was still not the final solution. In Psalm 32:1 David said: ' Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.' However, God thought of a better way. David said of this method in Psalm 103:12: 'As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.' But even this separation from sin was not good enough for God.

Since sin is a terrible stain on one's robe of righteousness, it is better to wash it away. That is what David asked for in Psalm 51. Under the Old covenant God used sins. But ultimately, that was not the solution. So God came to his last option: he sent Jesus Christ, his own son, to shed his righteous blood on Calvary. When Jesus was resurrected and returned to his Father in heaven, all the sins to which his blood was applied disappeared completely. Praise God! Any sin, which has been washed away by the blood of Jesus, has been forgiven forever. The records of that sin are wiped. Are you truly saved? If you are, you can rest assured that the records of your past sin has been erased completely. Do not let the devil accuse you. He has no records on which to base his accusations! But make sure that you do not fall back in sin. If you do, ask Jesus to wash your sins away immediately

ACTION POINT
Spend 30 minutes thanking God for your salvation from sin.
Ask him to save souls in mission fields all over the world.