As White As Snow

[Selah7]

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Isaiah 1:1-4,12-18 As White As Snow

Your sins … shall be as white as snow. —Isaiah 1:18

I was driving my son home from school one day when snow began to fall. The cottony fluff came down steadily and quickly. Eventually, we slowed to a stop, boxed in by traffic. From inside our vehicle, we watched a transformation take place. Dark patches of soil turned white. Snow softened the sharp outlines of buildings; it coated the cars around us, and accumulated on every tree in sight.

That snowfall reminded me of a spiritual truth: Just as that snow covered everything in sight, God’s grace covers our sin. But grace doesn’t just cover sin, grace erases sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God appealed to the Israelites, saying, “Come now, and let us reason together … though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isa. 1:18). When God made this promise, His children had a painful problem with sin. God compared them to a physical body plagued with “wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil” (Isaiah 1:6).

As bad as their sin was, God was willing to extend His grace to them. As His children today, we have the same assurance. Sin may stain our lives, but when we repent and confess it, we have “the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of [God’s] grace” (Eph. 1:7).

Lord, give me courage to confess,

To bare my sinful heart to Thee;

Forgiving love You long to show

And from my sin to set me free. —D. DeHaan

The weight of sin is balanced only by the blood of Christ.

[Dennis1209]

3 hours ago, Selah7 said:

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Isaiah 1:1-4,12-18 As White As Snow

Your sins … shall be as white as snow. —Isaiah 1:18

I was driving my son home from school one day when snow began to fall. The cottony fluff came down steadily and quickly. Eventually, we slowed to a stop, boxed in by traffic. From inside our vehicle, we watched a transformation take place. Dark patches of soil turned white. Snow softened the sharp outlines of buildings; it coated the cars around us, and accumulated on every tree in sight.

That snowfall reminded me of a spiritual truth: Just as that snow covered everything in sight, God’s grace covers our sin. But grace doesn’t just cover sin, grace erases sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God appealed to the Israelites, saying, “Come now, and let us reason together … though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isa. 1:18). When God made this promise, His children had a painful problem with sin. God compared them to a physical body plagued with “wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil” (Isaiah 1:6).

As bad as their sin was, God was willing to extend His grace to them. As His children today, we have the same assurance. Sin may stain our lives, but when we repent and confess it, we have “the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of [God’s] grace” (Eph. 1:7).

Lord, give me courage to confess,

To bare my sinful heart to Thee;

Forgiving love You long to show

And from my sin to set me free. —D. DeHaan

The weight of sin is balanced only by the blood of Christ.

That was nice.

Some additional thoughts popped into my head about “coverings.” So far, my views do not go off like Jiffy Pop in the microwave. LOL

The Lord Himself shed the first innocent blood to cover Adam & Eve. After that, looking forward to the real deal, the cross and Jesus’s blood, temporary coverings were required.

Hebrews 9:22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

As was said, and like snow, God’s grace and blood now cover us as far as the East is from the West.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Why didn’t David use “as far as the north is from the south?” How did he know to use that measurement and example?

[Dirt Eaters]

4 hours ago, Selah7 said:

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Enjoy!  

Isaiah 1:1-4,12-18 As White As Snow

Your sins … shall be as white as snow. —Isaiah 1:18

I was driving my son home from school one day when snow began to fall. The cottony fluff came down steadily and quickly. Eventually, we slowed to a stop, boxed in by traffic. From inside our vehicle, we watched a transformation take place. Dark patches of soil turned white. Snow softened the sharp outlines of buildings; it coated the cars around us, and accumulated on every tree in sight.

That snowfall reminded me of a spiritual truth: Just as that snow covered everything in sight, God’s grace covers our sin. But grace doesn’t just cover sin, grace erases sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God appealed to the Israelites, saying, “Come now, and let us reason together … though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isa. 1:18). When God made this promise, His children had a painful problem with sin. God compared them to a physical body plagued with “wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil” (Isaiah 1:6).

As bad as their sin was, God was willing to extend His grace to them. As His children today, we have the same assurance. Sin may stain our lives, but when we repent and confess it, we have “the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of [God’s] grace” (Eph. 1:7).

Lord, give me courage to confess,

To bare my sinful heart to Thee;

Forgiving love You long to show

And from my sin to set me free. —D. DeHaan

The weight of sin is balanced only by the blood of Christ.

I first met this man at a Funeral Home as a friend of mine was laid out. I overheard him speak to my brother-in-law and he said, " your soul is perfect, strive to keep it that way "

I was floored, thinking how can a guy say that.

I was in my old life at the time and I was thinking maybe he's a psychic or something like that.

I went to my mom and asked her about him this guy and told her what I heard. She referred to Bill as a Catholic Mystic. I had no idea what that was.

But as time went on he was instrumental in me becoming Christian. I asked him why he didn't pressure me into becoming Catholic and he said that we are all children of God. 

[Selah7]

2 hours ago, Dennis1209 said:

As was said, and like snow, God’s grace and blood now cover us as far as the East is from the West.

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

Why didn’t David use “as far as the north is from the south?” How did he know to use that measurement and example?

Well now, you made me do a little research, Dennis.  Here’s what I found:

East is an infinite distance from west.

Posted on September 23, 2014 by The Daily Evidence

Often the godly remind the Lord of His promises, as an act of faith on their part rather than forgetfulness by God. The only thing He truly forgets is the sins that are covered by the blood of Christ. According to Scripture, He has cast them as far as the east is from the west (see Psa. 103:12).We can locate “north” on the earth, and say that it is a certain distance from “south” (there are approximately 22,000 miles between the two poles). However, we can’t locate “east” or “west” and define how far they are from each other. East is an infinite distance from west.

Nehemiah 1:8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;9 but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.

Selah

[Dennis1209]

4 hours ago, Selah7 said:

Well now, you made me do a little research, Dennis.  Here’s what I found:

East is an infinite distance from west.

Posted on September 23, 2014 by The Daily Evidence

Often the godly remind the Lord of His promises, as an act of faith on their part rather than forgetfulness by God. The only thing He truly forgets is the sins that are covered by the blood of Christ. According to Scripture, He has cast them as far as the east is from the west (see Psa. 103:12).We can locate “north” on the earth, and say that it is a certain distance from “south” (there are approximately 22,000 miles between the two poles). However, we can’t locate “east” or “west” and define how far they are from each other. East is an infinite distance from west.

Nehemiah 1:8 Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations;9 but if you return to Me, and keep My commandments and do them, though some of you were cast out to the farthest part of the heavens, yet I will gather them from there, and bring them to the place which I have chosen as a dwelling for My name.

Selah

Precisely, measuring east from west is infinite. North to the south is measurable. But still, how was that known?

[Selah7]

21 minutes ago, Dennis1209 said:

Precisely, measuring east from west is infinite. North to the south is measurable. But still, how was that known?

Because our omniscient (all knowing) God knows everything!     Selah