SA 43:25{There was once a deaf mute, named John. Though he never heard any other voice, he heard the voice of Jesus, knew it, loved it, and followed it. One day he told the lady who had taught him, partly on his fingers and partly by signs, that he had had a wonderful dream. God had shown him a great black book; and all his sins were written in it, so many, so black. And God had shown him hell, all open and fiery, waiting for him, because of all these sins. But Jesus Christ had come and put His red hand, red with the blood of His Cross, all over the page, and the red hand had blotted out all his sins; and when God held up the book to the light, He could not see one left! His word to us today is: "I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions." It is no fancy or mere feeling, but God's truth, that Jesus Christ's blood has been shed—nothing can alter that; and that His precious blood blotteth out our transgressions, as Paul says (Col. 2:1414Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; (Colossians 2:14)), "Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us." And oh, how much there is to blot out!—sins that you have forgotten, and sins that you did not think were sins at all, besides those you know of—today, yesterday, all the past days of your life. Do you want to know them blotted out? David said, "Blot out all mine iniquities." Take God's word about it, and just believe that it is true, and true for you—"I have blotted out as a thick cloud thy transgressions, and as a cloud thy sins; return unto Me, for I have redeemed thee.”
Nothing to pay; yes, nothing to pay!
Jesus has cleared all the debt away;
Blotted it out with His bleeding hand!
Free and forgiven and loved you stand.
Hear the voice of Jesus say,
“Verily thou hast nothing to pay!
Paid is the debt, and the debtor free!
Now I ask thee, lovest thou Me?”