Today's encouragement comes from Micah 7:18a & 19b, which relates these fabulous words:
"Who is a God like You, pardoning iniquity and passing over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? . . . You will cast all our sins Into the depths of the sea."One of the greatest blessings we can possibly possess is the forgiveness of our sins. The miraculous divine matrix of election, regeneration, atonement, justification, and faith—all procuring the forgiveness of our sins in Jesus’ blood—is the most magnificent blessing possible. If we are atoned-for before the holy God, it is only because His precious Son's blood was shed for us.
. . . As we are forgiven our sins, nothing else really matters very much. If we have a clear and clean conscience before Almighty God—is it of any great consequence that we have trials and tribulations down here? We have *al-ready* obtained in Jesus what everyone in the world desperately needs.
[Puritan quote of the day: "They dishonor the pardoning grace of God . . . if they seek and expect it in any other way than through the mediation of the Son of God.” —Jeremiah Burroughs, in, "Gospel Remission"]
