THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIN ISSUE

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIN ISSUE

Last week I shared with you some thoughts about the grip of sin and one
of my staff members said, "You are going to share the other side of the
coin . . ." Well as I was reading this morning, here are some WORDS FROM
THE WORD that will encourage you this morning:

"You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Who is a God like You,
pardoning iniquities and passing over the transgression of the remnant
of His heritage? He does not retain His anger forever, because He
DELIGHTS in mercy. He will have compassion on all of us, and will subdue
our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea."

"For a moment I have forsaken you, but with great mercy I will gather
you. With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with
everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you,"says the Lord, your
Redeemer. I will forgive their iniquity and their sin I will remember no
more.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, and in
whose spirit there is no deceit. The blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanses us from all sin."

(Isaiah 38:17; Micah 7:18-19; Isaiah 54:7-8; Jeremiah 31:34; Psalm
32:1-2; 1 John 1:7) Taken this morning from THE DAILY LIGHT

Grace remits sin and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience
torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever. Only
Christians possess this victorious knowledge given from above. These two
terms, grace and peace, constitute Christianity. Grace involves the
remission of sins, peace and a happy conscience. Sin is not canceled by
lawful living, for no person is able to live up to the law...the fact is
the more a person seeks credit for himself by his own efforts, the
deeper he goes into debt. Nothing can take away sin except the grace of
God. In actual living, however it is not so easy to persuade oneself
that by grace alone, in opposition to every other means, we obtain the
forgiveness of our sins and peace with God.

Martin Luther

Good thoughts for you to ponder today. Men's Day is coming quickly. Have
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