“Praise the LORD, my soul; ALL MY INMOST BEING, praise His holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all His benefits– WHO FORGIVES ALL YOUR SINS AND HEALS ALL YOUR DISEASES, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things SO THAT YOUR YOUTH IS RENEWED LIKE THE EAGLE’S.” (Psa. 103:1-5) The wonderful, awesome remedy for our sinful state, a loving Abba Father sending His only begotten Son to give His life for our sins! The creator and maker of all things, the One who always has BEEN and always will BE and most importantly; IS NOW, wants to enter into an everlasting relationship with us! He wants to be our Abba Father, His Son to be our brother, the most ROYAL family that has been and will ever be! Why, why? “For God SO LOVED the world that HE GAVE HIS ONE AND ONLY SON, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.“ (John 3:16) [As positively and vehemently as our Lord Jesus could be He spoke these words to us: Verily, verily, I say unto YOU. I the Amen: “I the faithful and true witness.” The matter is settled permanently that except a man be BORN AGAIN he cannot see the kingdom of God! “The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, ABOUNDING IN LOVE. He will not always accuse, nor will He harbor His anger forever; HE DOES NOT TREAT US AS OUR SINS DESERVE or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His love for those who fear him; as far as THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE REMOVED OUR TRANSGRESSIONS FROM US.” (Psa. 103:8-12) Jesus Christ has come as our savior! We need no longer to be slaves to sin!!! “As a father has compassion on His children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him; FOR HE KNOWS HOW WE ARE FORMED, he REMEMBERS THAT WE ARE DUST.” (Psa. 103:13-14) We have a loving and compassionate Abba Father! “Whoever believes in Him [Jesus] IS NOT CONDEMNED, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” (John 3:18) We cannot say “not-guilty” because we all have sinned SO Jesus turned Himself in for us, He gave Himself up for us! He suffered great and extreme punishment – ALL FOR US! He died and rose again so we are not condemned, OH WHAT GREAT LOVE JESUS HAS FOR US!
AS FAR AS THE EAST IS FROM THE WEST, SO FAR HAS HE REMOVED OUR TRANSGRESSIONS FROM US…
-Bill Stockham