I DON’T want God to write down all the naughty things that I have done today. I wish He wouldn’t! I wish He’d blot them all out!”
The above words were those of a little boy whose father had come into the room to find out why his little boy was still grieving and crying over some disobedient things he had been doing, and for which he had had to chasten his little son.
A Christian nursery governess had taught this little boy from the Word of God that a Day of Judgment was coming, spoken of in Revelation 20:1111And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. (Revelation 20:11) etc., when all who have not had their sins and iniquities blotted out, will have to meet God about them, and that there is no forgiveness then; no hope then, nothing but utter and eternal condemnation in the lake of fire! That each one there will have to answer for himself for what he has done, already written down in the books, which books will be opened then.
No wonder the little fellow cried bitterly as he thought of what had gone down in God’s book, and longed for God to blot them all out now before that terrible day comes! Yes, for in Isaiah 43:2323Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honored me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. (Isaiah 43:23) and 20, God speaks of himself as the blotter out, for His own sake, of the transgressions of those who come to Him about them. and He says He will not remember them anymore!
“Put Me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified” (cleared), —not be condemned! Like the Prodigal coming back to his father in Luke 15.
Is not this blessed news, dear children, or older ones either? For we cannot undo anything we have said or done that is wrong, no matter how we may try, or how sorry we may be for what we have said, or done! But God says, “Come to Me about it all!” Let us plead together! “I, even I, am He, that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will no more remember thy sins!”
If you ask me how to come, —what is the way to come? “Christ, is the way!”
And if you ask me what God refers to, when He says He does it “for His own sake,” it is because of what God’s love gave His Blessed Son to do for us! Because of what that Beloved One did when He died for our sins, suffered for sins, the Just for us unjust ones, to bring us to God. God could not blot out one sin, if His Son, as sent of the Father, had not willingly come, and died, that our sins might be blotted out, and be forgiven. But it is done. The work has been accomplished.
“Come” like this dear little boy did, after his father encouraged him to do so, and they both knelt down at that bed side, and that dear little repentant boy, asked God from his heart for Christ’s sake (that is, because Christ had died for those naughty things that he had done, and said to blot them all out! And God did blot out his sins. God kept His word, and that little boy ceased his crying and grieving, believing that God had done so, according to His word. He is waiting and willing to do the same for any who thus turn to Him! Then no great white throne: no opening of books and judgment, will come upon those, who come now in this day of grace! John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24) tells such, they shall not come into condemnation!
ML 05/10/1925