"Forgiveness"
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An outstanding blessing included in God's gift of salvation is the forgiveness of sins.
The forgiven sinner's past life, regardless of what might have been included, exists no more.
Bridges are burned behind him; gates of yesterdays are closed.
He is dead to the past.
His life history previous to conversion is considered non-existent.
He is treated as if the day he became a Christian were the first day of his life.
Through divine forgiveness, man's sins have been washed away (Acts 22:16) ; he has become as "white as snow"
He is treated as if the day he became a Christian were the first day of his life.
Through divine forgiveness, man's sins have been washed away (Acts 22:16) ; he has become as "white as snow"
(Isa. 1:18; Psa. 51:7).
His sins have been removed from him " as far as the east is from the west" (Psa. 103:12).
His iniquities have been subdued, and his sins have been cast into the depths of the sea. (Micah 7:19.)
They have been "blotted out" (lsa. 44:22), "sought for . . . and not found" (Jer. 50:20),
cast behind God's back (Isa. 38:17), and remembered no more (Jer. 31:34).