Rosalind Goforth was a missionary to China who, with her husband Jonathan, enjoyed an illustrious career and ministry. For years, even as a faithful missionary, Rosalind was often oppressed by a burden of sin. She felt guilty and dirty, nursing an inward sense of spiritual failure. Finally one evening when, she settled at her desk with Bible and concordance, determined to discover God's attitude toward the failures, the faults, the sins of his children. At the top of the page she wrote: "What God Does With Our Sins". She searched through the Bible and compiled a list of 17 Truths:
1. He lays them on his Son-Jesus Christ. Isaiah 53:6
2. Christ takes them away. John 1:29
3. They are removed an immeasurable distance-as far as East is from West. Psalm 123:12
4. When sought for are not found. Jeremiah 50:20
5. The Lord forgives them. Ephesians 1:7
6. He cleanses them all away by the blood of his son. 1 John 1:7
7. He cleanses them as white as snow or wool. Isaiah 1:18; Psalm 51:7
8. He abundantly pardons them. Isaiah 55:7
9. He tramples them under foot. Micah 7:19
10. He remembers them no more. Hebrews 10:17
11. He casts them behind his back. Isaiah 38:17
12. He casts them into the depths of the sea. Micah 7:19
13. He will not impute us with sins. Romans 4:8
14. He covers them. Romans 4:7
15. He blots them out. Isaiah 43:25
16. He blots them out as a thick cloud. Isaiah 44:22
17. He blots out even the proof against us, nailing it to His Son's Cross. Colossians 2:14
but he never paints so gorgeously as when he paints in white."
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