by Dr. Walter L. Wilson
GOD'S SUPERLATIVES
S OME OP THE most interesting words in Scripture are the superlatives which God uses through His human writers. In Isaiah 55:7, we read, “Our God . . . will abundantly pardon.” It is difficult for one to enter into the fulness of what this really means. God not only forgives us, but also He does so with a kiss of affection. Have you received this gracious mercy of the Lord? Pardon, of course, has to come now, in this life. “It is appointed unto man once to die, and after this the judg ment.” We find a similar superlative in Psalm 130:7 which tells us that “with Him there is plenteous redemp tion.” Have you noticed that in the American flag there are more red stripes than there are white ones? To the Christian, the red stripes can represent the blood of Jesus Christ. Symbolically, the white ones can rep resent the leprosy of sin. The first one at the top is red and the last at the bottom is red. There are more red
than white, and in God’s love there is plenteous redemption for all our sin and transgressions. No one needs.to hesitate or to be afraid of coming to the Lord. The eighth verse of this 130th Psalm tells us that He forgives all our iniquities. Now “iniquity” is a strange word. There are things in your heart that may never come out. They may be thoughts, ideas, or de sires which, if put into action and fulfillment, would bring sad and dire consequences. Though an act has not been committed, the Bible tells us that it is still iniquity. All our iniqui ties have been placed on the Lord Jesus Christ (Isaiah 53:6). Then we read about the exceeding riches of His grace in Ephesians 2:7. The word “exceeding” could not be made any stronger. Grace is the un merited favor of God showing kind ness to us when He should send us to hell. The Lord sends the rain upon the just and the unjust. This is grace. But who can calculate “the exceeding riches of his grace?” This cannot be measured. Christ shows His matchless grace to everybody and anybody who will come to be saved through Him. In Philippians 4:19, we read about His riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Perhaps you know of individuals who are worth a million dollars or more. We say that they are rich. But how about a man who has a billion? Oh, he is very, very rich. But what mind can fathom the riches that belong to the Creator of the university in glory. You can’t measure then, weigh then, fathom them, or describe them. In Colossians 2:13, we read, “Who hath forgiven you all trespasses.” That means not a few and not even most, but all. This is not just up until the day you are saved, because when He died for you all your sins were future. But how feeble our at tempt to describe the exceeding riches 5
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