As White As Snow Isaiah 1:1-4,12-18 Your sins . . . shall be as white as snow. -Isaiah 1:18 Iwas driving my son home from school one day when snow began to fall. The cottony fluff came down steadily and quickly. Eventually, we slowed to a stop, boxed in by traffic. From inside our vehicle, we watched a transformation take place. Dark patches of soil turned white. Snow softened the sharp outlines of buildings; it coated the cars around us, and accumulated on every tree in sight. That snowfall reminded me of a spiritual truth: Just as that snow covered everything in sight, Gods grace covers our sin. But grace doesnt just cover sin, grace erases sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God appealed to the Israelites, saying, Come now, and let us reason together . . . though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow (Isa. 1:18). When God made this promise, His children had a painful problem with sin. God compared them to a physical body plagued with wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil (v.6 niv). As bad as their sin was, God was willing to extend His grace to them. As His children today, we have the same assurance. Sin may stain our lives, but when we repent and confess it, we have the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of [Gods] grace (Eph. 1:7). Lord, give me courage to confess, To bare my sinful heart to Thee; Forgiving love You long to show And from my sin to set me free. -D. DeHaan The weight of sin is balanced only by the blood of Christ.
Posted on: Sat, 31 May 2014 15:55:25 +0000
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