Isaiah 1:18

“Come now, let us settle the matter,” says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool” ~ Isaiah 1:18

 

These words, spoken by the Lord himself, grant to us insight into His great love and mercy! He, who is the injured party, as we sin against Him when we sin, seeks for the return of you and me as sinners to himself. He is the offended party, He does not need us, yet He desires to be reconciled to us. “Your sins are like scarlet,” His words say, which is to say that our sins are like something which has been double-dipped in sin. Our sins are not a stain, but our sins have been dyed into our very soul. This means that those He seeks to redeem are not those who are of high moral standards, but in fact are considered as the foulest and most tarnished of sinners. Those He seeks are past the level of reclaiming, yet it is to these the Lord God extends His invitation. He gives to us full assurance that He wills us to be close to Him, for He wants to “settle the matter” – no argument from you, no excuses, no dark sin will keep you from Him is what He is saying! Your scarlet colour will become white as snow, as white as the wool of a pure lamb. All He desires is for you to come to Him, to confess your sins, and to receive from Him mercy and grace undeserved through the power of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. How wonderful it is that God should invite you and me to come to Him, to be made pure and holy in Him, and to be reconciled to Him. He will not humiliate you, not like others who find out your weaknesses and sins might do. He desires only to bring you to repentance and confession, so that He might pardon you from all that is past. Will you come to Him today? Will you receive the love and grace He has to offer your soul so that you might receive the blessing of reconciliation?


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