Where Sins May Be Blotted Out

[Daily Devotional]

Where Sins May Be Blotted Out 

I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and
will not remember thy sins. Isa. 43: 25. { AG82.1} 

Some seem to feel that they must be on probation, and must prove to the Lord
that they are reformed, before they can claim His blessing. But they may
claim the blessing of God even now. They must have His grace, the spirit of
Christ, to help their infirmities, or they cannot resist evil. Jesus loves
to have us come to Him just as we are, sinful, helpless, dependent. We may
come with all our weakness, our folly, our sinfulness, and fall at His feet
in penitence. It is His glory to encircle us in the arms of His love and to
bind up our wounds, to cleanse us from all impurity. 

Here is where thousands fail; they do not believe that Jesus pardons them
personally, individually. They do not take God at His word. It is the
privilege of all who comply with the conditions to know for themselves that
pardon is freely extended for every sin. Put away the suspicion that God's
promises are not meant for you. They are for every repentant transgressor.
Strength and grace have been provided through Christ to be brought by
ministering angels to every believing soul. None are so sinful that they
cannot find strength, purity, and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them.
He is waiting to strip them of their garments stained and polluted with sin,
and to put upon them the white robes of righteousness; He bids them live and
not die. . . . 

With the rich promises of the Bible before you, can you give place to doubt?
Can you believe that when the poor sinner longs to return, longs to forsake
his sins, the Lord sternly withholds him from coming to His feet in
repentance? Away with such thoughts! Nothing can hurt your own soul more
than to entertain such a conception of our heavenly Father. He hates sin,
but He loves the sinner. . . . As you read the promises, remember they are
the expression of unutterable love and pity. The great heart of Infinite
Love is drawn toward the sinner with boundless compassion. . . . He wants to
restore His moral image in man. As you draw near to Him with confession and
repentance, He will draw near to you with mercy and forgiveness. 

>From God's Amazing Grace - Page 81