Hitting "Delete" by Mistake!

Have you ever worked on something ... perhaps a paper, a letter, or even a PowerPoint presentation. . . and when it came time to save your work, you inadvertently deleted it? I must admit I have done this more than once. And if you have done so, you know the empty feeling that accompanies such a mistake. Now there were times I was able to do some work and retrieve the missing document ... but that has not always been the case. Some of the work that I deleted was gone forever.

We can say the same thing about our sin. Once we make a faith commitment to Jesus Christ in which we admit to him our sin and rebellion against God and place our trust in His death on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin - then God takes our sins and removes our sins from us "as far as the east is from the west" (Psalm 103:12). As I pointed out this past Sunday, it is quite striking that the verse does not say "as far as the north is from the south." The reason being that if you went outside your house with a compass in hand and began walking north - you would eventually come to the north pole. And from there if you were to walk due south, you would eventually come to the south pole. But if you start walking east ... you will never get to the east pole, will you? Nope - you will always be walking east (or west if you decide to go west). And that, my friend is how far God has removed your sin from you. It has been, in "computeresee," DELETED!  So bottom line,for those of us who have chosen to follow Jesus Christ, God has declared us righteous! And there is no mistaking the Bible's clear teaching on that! (read through the book of Romans and you will see what I mean)

Thanks for stopping by . . .

pj