"But He [God], being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity . . . "
What beautiful words these are, (above). The fact that a Holy God forgives sins is amazing in itself. The *way* He does it is even more astounding: through the shedding of His own Son's blood. This for-
giveness is imputed to the souls of sinners by the grace of faith (and nothing else).
If these truths cannot move us, then nothing can. Psalm 78 details the persistent unfaithfulness of the Lord's own covenant people--and yet He (God) was "full of compassion" toward them, and "forgave their iniquity." Are we members of Christ's church today, by grace through faith? If so, this unspeakable blessing is ours, too.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Sound repentance begins in the love of God and ends in the hatred of sin." --Thomas Watson, in, "The Doctrine of Repentance"]
