“He will turn
again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou
wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.” Micah 7:19
“HE
will turn again” – He who seemed to be turned from us when we turned
away from Him.
Promises
He will return and “subdue, or trample under foot” (Joel 2:14), our
worst enemy and more so our “iniquities” as He so promised in Rom 16:20 “And the God of peace shall bruise Satan
under your feet shortly…” While sin has mastery over us and subdues man as
a fierce tyrant (Rom 7:14), it weighs down the spirit of man in bondage; it is
our Lord who will subdue sin. By way of
the Gospel, God says He will subdue sin as it was our footstool. Such promise
bestows a double cure, saves us from sins guilt and frees us from its power over
us; all by…”the grace of God, which was
with me.” (1 Cor 15:10)
“And
will cast all sins into the depth of the sea.” – Not, some (man would
be impious to expect half a pardon from God) but all sin cast into the
sea. 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins,
he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.” As the passage of the
Red Sea, there was not one Egyptian who was able to pursue and subdue one of
God’s children. Likewise each of our
sins are sunken into the depths of the ocean, not to surface unless revived by
us, not as condemnation, but only as weights to beset us in our walk with
God. Yet, on Judgment Day, they will be
cast into an eternal abyss never to return again.
HSAY…Todd
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