As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.
No words on the inspired page can match this verse. Sin is removed by a miracle of love, carried so far that its distance is incalculable, further with every wing-beat eastward, never to return. Even Satan himself could not bring it back; our sins are simply gone, bearing no trace, no scent, no memory.
AI summary
The Lord stands in the relation of a Father to His children by adopting grace, and toward those who fear Him with reverence and godly fear, not slavish terror, He has all the affections of a tender parent. Full of compassion, He forgives their iniquities and receives them tenderly when they have backslidden.
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The figures of infinite distance illustrate the complete unreservedness of mercy. God's Fatherly compassion springs from His knowledge of man's frailty and perishableness; knowing our dust and decay, He remains the sure stay of all God-fearing ones amid the rise and fall of all things here below.
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Commenting on Psalm 103:11-14