Rosalind Goforth was a
well-known missionary to China who, along with her husband Jonathan, enjoyed an
illustrious career and ministry. But for many years, even having laboured for
the Lord in China, Rosalind often felt oppressed by a burden of sin. She felt
guilty and dirty, nursing an inward sense of spiritual failure. Finally one
evening when all was quiet, she settled at her desk with Bible and concordance,
determined to find out God’s attitude toward the failures, the faults, the sins
of his children.
She put these words at the
top of the page: What God Does With Our Sins. Then as she searched through the
Scriptures, she compiled this list of seventeen truths:
1) He lays them on his Son – Jesus Christ (Isaiah 53:6)
2) Christ takes them away (John 1:29)
3) They are removed an immeasurable distance – as far as
the East is from the West (Psalms 123:12)
4) When sought for, they are not found (Jeremiah 50:20)
5) The Lord forgives them (Ephesians 1:7)
6) He cleanses them ALL away by the blood of his son (1 John
1:7)
7) He cleanses them as white as snow or wool (Isaiah
1:18, Psalms 51:7)
8) He abundantly pardons them (Isaiah 55:7)
9) He tramples them under foot (Micah 7:19)
10) He remembers them no more (Hebrews 10:17)
11) He casts them behind his back (Isaiah 38:17)
12) He casts them into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19)
13) He will not impute us with sins (Romans 4:8)
14) He covers them (Romans 4:7)
15) He blots them out (Isaiah 43:25)
16) He blots them out as a thick cloud (Isaiah 44:22)
17) He blots out even the proof against us, nailing it to
His Son’s Cross (Colossians 2:14)
These are such amazing truths. Only the sinners can
claim this forgiveness.
Would you come to Jesus? [Read and check the Bible
verses above for yourself]
THINK BIG.
START SMALL. GO DEEP.
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