When Does God Give Up On Us? – Part 5 – “Sins as Scarlet!”

 

Today’s installment of “When Does God Give Up On Us?” finds us “turning the corner.”  Our first four posts focused on our sin, and how we have turned from God.  Today, Wednesday and Thursday we’ll see how our sin moves God to action on our behalf.  Let’s look at a well-known verse from the Prophet Isaiah the first chapter:  ¹⁸ “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”  A couple of quick and interesting points:  If I asked you, “What color is sin?” Many would respond, “Black.”  In fact, we sometimes say that a person’s soul is as black as sin.  The bible tells us that sin is RED.  More importantly, even when we have sinned so much that our sins are like scarlet or crimson, GOD will make them white as snow!  In fact, Jesus’ blood shed on the cross is the “cleaner” that turns us from sinners to saints.  Jesus paid the penalty for our sins, so we can be cleansed and made new.  When does God give up on us?  He doesn’t.  The key is that we must turn to Him!  We must receive the freely offered cleansing for our lives.  It’s likely that if you’re reading this post that you already know that.  If you don’t there’s no greater gift that being cleansed of our sins and made clean before God—and God is the one who does it, because no one else can.  Only God could satisfy the penalty for our sin, and He did that in Jesus.  If you haven’t responded to God’s offer of cleansing TODAY would be a great time to do it.  If you have, take some time and thank God again for His amazing grace and cleansing power!