Tuesday 15 Mar 2022

March 15: Isaiah 1:18-20

Key Verse: Isaiah 1:18
‘Come now, let us settle the matter,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

Devotion:
We often think of forgiveness as being a moveable line or amount; we can forgive some people for virtually anything, but for others we will accept their apology but still carry a grudge against them! God does not have a measure for forgiveness, His forgiveness is total and forever!

If does not matter what sin we are talking about either. It could be something we did which does not affect anyone else, but we know it. It could be something which affected the whole community, but we did it anyway! I know I have broken rules in the past which have affected many people and potentially been measured by more money than I have earned in my lifetime… We always have measures for everything in our lives!

To God, sin is sin, no matter how big or small we see it as, it is sin and it is wrong! If we want to be forgiven for that sin, we have to bring that sin into the open before God and ask Him to forgive us for what we did wrong. Sometimes it is going to be easy for us to admit to it, but more often than not, it is going to be hard for us to admit to it – because we don’t like admitting we are wrong. When we do bring it forward and Christ accepts our admission, those sins will be removed from our lives once and for all (at least in God’s eyes they will be forgotten)

But when we don’t want to admit we have done wrong, we have to carry that guilt around with us all the time. Those feelings are going to hound us for the rest of our lives – only Christ will be able to release our guilt, which is why we need to bring them to Him in the first place!

Points to Ponder:
Do you like admitting to sin?

Will you trust Christ to forgive you?