Let’s try to become more like Him

Come now, let’s settle this. Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool. (Isaiah 1:18 NLT)

One of the most beautiful promises in the Bible—and one that also offers more than a little insight into the kind of friendship He wants to have with us

What this promise shows is that God isn’t just willing to forgive; He’s eager to. And just like a fresh snowfall covers up a pool of blood, and makes it as if it had never been there, God’s forgiveness is so complete that it makes it as if the wrong had never happened. He doesn’t even remember our sins anymore.

That kind of forgiveness is supernatural and a part of God’s divine nature. It’s not often that we can take the hurt, anger, and injustice we feel, and “make it as if the wrong never happened,” but that doesn’t let us off the hook when it comes to being willing to forgive others.

The key is to remember what Jesus has done for us. Although we didn’t deserve for Him to take upon Himself the weight of all our sins and wrongdoing, He did so when He gave His life for us.

Let’s try to become more like Him by passing on to others some of that unearned forgiveness that we’ve received. —Ronan Keane [1]

God bestows His blessings without discrimination. The followers of Jesus are children of God, and they should manifest the family likeness by doing good to all, even to those who deserve the opposite. —F. F. Bruce (1910–1990).

[1] Activated The Settlement