God Forgive Sin!

If you were to visit a jeweler’s shop and ask to see a diamond, the first thing the jeweller would do would be to place a black cloth over his counter, and he would then show you a sparkling diamond against the jet black background of the cloth. The diamond would appear all the brighter against the black surroundings. Now, God employs this same method in His Word. Over and over again, when we are reading through a dreary account of sin and failure, we suddenly come across a gem of Divine grace that shines out amid the darkness that surrounds it. We have an example of this in Isaiah 43. In Isaiah 43:22-24 we see the dark background, but Isaiah 43:25, our key-verse, is the gem that God places against this dark background, a gem that sparkles with heavenly brilliancy. We learn at once from this great statement of the gospel that God is not indifferent to sin. He is not complacent about it. Men and women cannot sin with impunity and get away with it. God is just and holy, and sin is never treated lightly by Him. We are in danger, on the one hand, of thinking that sin does not matter, and, on the other hand, of thinking that we are too sinful for God to help us and to save us. The wonderful message of the gospel, however, is that although God hates sin and must deal with sin, He has made provision for the sinner to be forgiven, and His promise is that when He forgives He forgets