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Editorial - August 2010

by Dr. Elias Malki

“I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43:25

Man is God’s offspring, created in theimage of God. For His name sake He blotted out our transgressions. God deals with His people as if they have NOT SINNED AT ALL, because He forgets all their iniquities. No matter what kind of sin, God deals with it as if it never happened. His memory does not remember it at all. How great is this miracle of Grace!

It appears that God does what is impossible for man - to believe this miracle of Grace is the greatest miracle of all. In this verse, God ignores our sins because of Jesus’ sacrifice, and for His sake. We can rejoice in God without any fear of causing His anger to kindle on us because of our sins. Notice that He includes and accepts us among His children. Justified, He is pleased with us as complete saints. He counts us among His great servants of the Gospel, trusting us with the gifts of the Spirit. This is great proof that He not only forgave us, and forgot our sins, but also that He will not remember them against us. As humans, we will not trust our enemies even if we have forgiven them, saying that it is not wise to do that. But the Lord forgets our sins and He deals with us as if we never sinned at all. Help me, Lord, that I will always trust in Your great miracle of Grace; and spend my life with joy and praise to You.