EVENING DEVOTION by James Smith
JULY 1
Psalm 103:3
Who forgiveth all thine iniquities;
who healeth all thy diseases;
We daily need to be pardoned, for we daily sin.
Our sins are of an aggravated character. They are
the sins of a ransomed captive against him who redeemed him at the price of his
blood.
They are the sins of a peculiarly favoured
servant, who lives in his master;s house, ists as his master’s table, and owes
his all to his master’s liberality, against the wiset, kindest, and best of
fathers.
Our faults are many, frequently repeated, and
inexcusable.
Yet the Lord forgiveth all our iniquities.
He pardons like a God, fully, freely,
consistently.
Every pardon is the price of the blood of Jesus.
When he pardons, he secures hatred to sin, sorrow
for sin, and a departure from sin.
He pardons like a father, he does so tenderly,
frequently.
David, who bore this testimony to God’s pardoning
mercy, was no common sinner.
He has been guilty of adultery deception, murder.
He led others into sin, charged it upon
providence, and slept under the guilt of it for months.
Reader, are you pardoned?
Are you guilty?
God is ready to forgive.
Saviour, I long to testify,
The fulness of thy gracious power!
Pardon my sins, thy blood apply.
That I may sovereign grace adore!
James Smith
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