SINS

He has not delt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

PSALM 103: 10,11,12

No other God can do that.

Receive Him and rejoice in your freedom from sin.

TM

Comments

[Nathan Dufour Oglesby]

These verses have always struck me, particularly "as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed..." It is a bottomless poetry, I think! Consider the implication: East and West is relative. If we move East, the ability to go West follows us. It is the case with the forgiveness of our transgressions. We are forgiven no matter how or where we move, and yet we can and must choose the right direction, the right action. The ability to sin abides, but so does the adjacent ability to do right. Like I said, it's bottomless. For East is both far from, and not far from, but right by and within, West. And we are removed from, yet are while yet in the world, still in the midst of, our sin.