Isaiah 43:25

DIVINE FORGIVENESS

‘I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.’

Isaiah 43:25

There is one thing that God always does with sin. He removes it out of His presence.

I. Consider the Author of forgiveness.—The expression, ‘I, even I,’ is not a very unfrequent one in Holy Scripture; but wherever it occurs—whether in reference to justice or to mercy—it is the mark of the Almighty.

II. The nature of forgiveness.—(1) As to time. (2) As to degree. (3) As to continuance. In the text the present swells out into the future. He ‘blotteth out and will not remember.’

III. The reason of forgiveness.—Look back and find it in that eternal counsel, wherein, before all worlds, God gave to His dear Son a kingdom and a people. Seek it in that unfathomable love in which He is the Father—the loving Father—of every creature He has made.

—Rev. James Vaughan.