Isaiah 43:1-28
You are my witnesses, declares the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he, Before me no god was formed nor will there be one after me.
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.
I have not burdened you with grain offerings nor wearied you with demands for incense. You have not bought any fragrant clamours for me. But you have burdened me with your sins and wearied me with your offenses.
I , even I , am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more. Review the past for me, let us argue the matter together; state the case for your innocence.Your first father sinned; those I sent to teach you rebelled against me. So I disgraced the dignitaries of your temple; I consigned Jacob to destruction and Israel to scorn.
In all his people's suffering God is beside them. He will set them free again, simply because he loves them. In verse 8 the scene is again the courtroom: both Israel and the nations are on trial. By their constant disobedience. God's people have forfeited(沒收) all right to his care - yet he forgives.
Why?
I am God's witness for I am a Christian, I am servant of the Lord God has chosen me. It is the mercy of the Lord come upon me. So I know and believe and understand that the Lord is He.
God always is doing new things, so forget the former things and do not dwell on the past. God's way is beyond my way, God's mind is beyond my mind.
God's grace and mercy is higher than we expected and beyond our understanding. How great you are my Holy God.
God has blots my transgressions so I may stand before the Lord to pray and talk. May my heart always be humble before the Lord.
How?
May my heart always be humble before the Lord. Do good witness for God's holy name.
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