God is scandalously
forgiving. His mercy burns as it
destroys shame. The biblical concept for sin is derived from an old Archery
term for missing the mark... missing the target, like a traveler who leaves the
straight well-worn pathway for a twisted hilly trail that causes him to lose
his way. Sin is missing God’s eternal standards... transgression of thought,
word or action that is contrary to the eternal laws of God... leaving God’s
pathway. We human kind are not only born into sin, we are born with a capacity
to sin often and sin badly... sinning is the one thing we all do quite well. We
need only watch the evening news to see the human capacity for evil. But God... He forgives the unforgivable. His
forgiveness embraces the misstep, the shameful, the detestable, the cruel, and
the horrendous, embracing all sin equally, covering sin with His love and
casting sin into the sea of forgetfulness... never to be remembered by God
again! And, His forgiveness is infinite, from everlasting to everlasting...
from eternity past to eternity future, as far as the east is from the west... that’s how far He
has removed our transgressions from us. Our God is self-defined as merciful and
gracious, slow to anger, abounding in mercy... He has plenty, for He is full of
pity and compassion and tender mercy... full of it! His forgiveness flows from
His mercy... His grace extended, and is His total favor given gladly to the
undeserving heart. His mercy can never be fully understood or properly
articulated in this life... it can only be experienced. You see, we deserve
nothing... we deserve Hell... But our great loving Daddy has chosen to give
mercy... forgiveness, to all who chose to accept His free gift of salvation!
God’s forgiveness is truly scandalous... outrageous... shocking to the natural
mind as it destroys our shame and replaces it with hope. That fact alone should
bring forth eternal praise from God’s children.
AS WE BEHOLD HIM...
WE BECOME LIKE HIM...
No comments:
Post a Comment