"Where is the god who can compare with you— wiping the slate clean of guilt, turning a blind eye, a deaf ear, to the past sins of your purged and precious people? You don't nurse your anger and don't stay angry long, for mercy is your specialty. That's what you love most. And compassion is on its way to us. You'll stamp out our wrongdoing. You'll sink our sins to the bottom of the ocean. You'll stay true to your word to Father Jacob and continue the compassion you showed Grandfather Abraham— Everything you promised our ancestors from a long time ago." (Micah 7:18, The Message Bible)
"Who is a God like unto thee, that PARDONS iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retains not His anger for ever, because He delights in mercy." (Micah 7:18, King James Version)
I love the sound of the word PARDON, It has the sound of freedom in it. You can almost hear the sound of chains rattling as the prisoner is released or the clang of the prison door as it is slammed behind those who sins have been absolved. For sins to be absolved there has to be an absolver, someone who can set the prisoner free, from an obligation or the consequences of guilt. Do you realize that forgiveness and pardon are synonyms? But there is a slight difference. The synonyms forgive and pardon are sometimes interchangeable, but forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital, to resentment, or vengeful feelings.
Synonyms for FORGIVE: pardon, ignore, redeem, acquit, excuse, release, absolve, exonerate.
FORGIVENESS IS UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO SET SOMEONE FREE AND FINDING OUT YOU WERE THE PRISONER. (UNKNOWN)
Who has not heard or even knows the lyrics to this classic song on forgiveness. Several years ago during a revival that swept across Brazil, this was the song that would set the deadest church on fire, and it had the spark of revival in it. They tell of a preacher from Kansas, who was turned down by his denomination as to become a missionary to Brazil. The reason was he had five snotty nose children, and this in itself would be too much of a burden for him to manage. He had a word from God and a burden for the people of Brazil. His only equipment was a banjo and a song. THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD. It was the song of the revival, and everywhere he went and played this song, revival would break out. Let me say there is still (wonder working power in the blood) and I am singing this beloved song as I type this letter.
It is the song of the pardoned, and if you can sing it in your most difficult stretch of the road, or as the Psalmist would say, "When you walk through the valley of the shadow of death," it shall not come near you anymore than the Death Angel came near the Israelite dwellings in Dothan. Do you know why their residents were called dwellings? It was because they were not going to remain there, they would soon be on their way to the promise land. That is why it is called the Exodus. Providential Pardon from captivity in Egypt.
I love the sound of the word pardon, it has a ring of freedom to it
From one blood washed believer to another, MARANATHA.
Pastor Cleddie Keith
"Who is a God like unto thee, that PARDONS iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retains not His anger for ever, because He delights in mercy." (Micah 7:18, King James Version)
I love the sound of the word PARDON, It has the sound of freedom in it. You can almost hear the sound of chains rattling as the prisoner is released or the clang of the prison door as it is slammed behind those who sins have been absolved. For sins to be absolved there has to be an absolver, someone who can set the prisoner free, from an obligation or the consequences of guilt. Do you realize that forgiveness and pardon are synonyms? But there is a slight difference. The synonyms forgive and pardon are sometimes interchangeable, but forgive implies that one gives up all claim to requital, to resentment, or vengeful feelings.
Synonyms for FORGIVE: pardon, ignore, redeem, acquit, excuse, release, absolve, exonerate.
FORGIVENESS IS UNLOCKING THE DOOR TO SET SOMEONE FREE AND FINDING OUT YOU WERE THE PRISONER. (UNKNOWN)
Who has not heard or even knows the lyrics to this classic song on forgiveness. Several years ago during a revival that swept across Brazil, this was the song that would set the deadest church on fire, and it had the spark of revival in it. They tell of a preacher from Kansas, who was turned down by his denomination as to become a missionary to Brazil. The reason was he had five snotty nose children, and this in itself would be too much of a burden for him to manage. He had a word from God and a burden for the people of Brazil. His only equipment was a banjo and a song. THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD. It was the song of the revival, and everywhere he went and played this song, revival would break out. Let me say there is still (wonder working power in the blood) and I am singing this beloved song as I type this letter.
THERE IS POWER IN THE BLOOD
Would you be free from the burden of sin?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Would you o'er evil a victory win?
There's wonderful power in the blood.
Refrain:
There is power, power, wonder-working power
in the blood of the Lamb;
there is power, power, wonder-working power
in the precious blood of the Lamb.
Would you be free from your passion and pride?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Come for a cleansing to Calvary's tide.
There's wonderful power in the blood.
Would you be whiter, much whiter than snow?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Sin-stains are lost in its life-giving flow;
there's wonderful power in the blood.
Would you do service for Jesus your King?
There's power in the blood, power in the blood.
Would you live daily His praises to sing?
There's wonderful power in the blood.
It is the song of the pardoned, and if you can sing it in your most difficult stretch of the road, or as the Psalmist would say, "When you walk through the valley of the shadow of death," it shall not come near you anymore than the Death Angel came near the Israelite dwellings in Dothan. Do you know why their residents were called dwellings? It was because they were not going to remain there, they would soon be on their way to the promise land. That is why it is called the Exodus. Providential Pardon from captivity in Egypt.
I love the sound of the word pardon, it has a ring of freedom to it
From one blood washed believer to another, MARANATHA.
Pastor Cleddie Keith