25. I, even I--the God against whom your sin is committed, and who
alone can and will pardon.
(Isa 44:22).
for mine own sake--
(Isa 48:9, 11).
How abominable a thing sin is, since it is against such a God of grace!
"Blotted out" is an image from an account-book, in which, when a debt
is paid, the charge is cancelled or blotted out.
not remember . . . sins--
(Jer 31:34).
When God forgives, He forgets; that is, treats the sinner as if He had
forgotten his sins.
JFB.
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