“As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” - Psalms 103v12
One of the greatest problems Christians face is the guilt carried over from their life before Christ. Folks just can’t seem to come to grips with the fact that we are well and truly forgiven. As humans we can choose to not let memories affect us, but we truly can never forget past offences. They always stick in our memories so we can saddle God with the same emotion.
Yet, God is not us. He is not limited by our sin nature. He is perfect and because He is perfect His forgiveness is perfect. God tells us here that He has removed our transgressions totally and completely. So far in fact that they are separated as far and east is separated from west. God used the perfect illustration here. If we travel far enough north, eventually we will travel south. No matter how far east we travel we will never go west. In other words, at salvation God infinitely separated our sins from us!
Praise God for His total and absolute separation of our sins from us and the freedom from guilt that allows.
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