“Do not be furious, O LORD, Nor remember our iniquity forever; Indeed, please look – we are Your people!” (v.9)
This chapter opens with a heartfelt prayer from the prophet Isaiah. In it, he expresses before Jehovah his sense of the desolation of the nation and the city, and cries for a Divine intervention (vv.1-3). Then the prayer becomes a meditation on the wonder of God's ways; a new confession of unworthiness; and an appeal to the Father, not to hold their sin against His people forever (vv.4-9).
We are all lucky God does not hold grudges. His forgiveness is real and it lasts forever. The Bible says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). In the book of Jeremiah God told the prophet, “I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more” (Jer 31:34). And while the Israelites did suffer for the consequences of their sin (sometimes longer than others), forgiveness and restoration were always available to them.
Forgiveness starts for all of us when we are willing to admit we’ve sinned and, are willing to turn from our sin towards God. For it is Sin that separates us from God. But God, in His infinite mercy, has provided us with the perfect, sinless, sacrifice to atone for our sin, His Son Jesus Christ. By believing in Him, salvation and or restoration can be ours through Jesus Christ. It's just a prayer away. (see prayer to the right of this page).
The Truth: “If we confess our sin He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
This chapter opens with a heartfelt prayer from the prophet Isaiah. In it, he expresses before Jehovah his sense of the desolation of the nation and the city, and cries for a Divine intervention (vv.1-3). Then the prayer becomes a meditation on the wonder of God's ways; a new confession of unworthiness; and an appeal to the Father, not to hold their sin against His people forever (vv.4-9).
We are all lucky God does not hold grudges. His forgiveness is real and it lasts forever. The Bible says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalm 103:12). In the book of Jeremiah God told the prophet, “I will forgive their iniquity, and remember their sin no more” (Jer 31:34). And while the Israelites did suffer for the consequences of their sin (sometimes longer than others), forgiveness and restoration were always available to them.
Forgiveness starts for all of us when we are willing to admit we’ve sinned and, are willing to turn from our sin towards God. For it is Sin that separates us from God. But God, in His infinite mercy, has provided us with the perfect, sinless, sacrifice to atone for our sin, His Son Jesus Christ. By believing in Him, salvation and or restoration can be ours through Jesus Christ. It's just a prayer away. (see prayer to the right of this page).
The Truth: “If we confess our sin He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9)
