Flawed but Forgiven

"There is no spot in thee."
Song of Solomon 4:7

That is an awesome saying. This is what happens when we are washed clean in God's merciful forgiveness. Not a single spot remains. Hard to believe as we look around at ourselves and our fellow humans, isn't it? There are not only spots but huge blotches of  ugliness and sin. So how can it be that God looks at us and we are "white as snow" ?

I was working on a computer drawing and the first thing I did was size the 'canvas'. As I was doing that, I got a brown spot somehow in the middle of the screen on my clean 'canvas.' I kept trying to remove it but couldn't. Normally I can just hit undo, but for some reason that wasn't working. Finally, despite all the trouble I'd gone to to set the dimensions, I just deleted the project. Then I started fresh with a pristine clean 'canvas.'

God doesn't do that. He doesn't just blot us out, or delete us...He cleans us. He redeems us. When we accept Jesus as Lord, and accept His sacrifice on the cross on our behalf, the Bible says we are born again, washed clean, regenerated and renewed, purified, without blemish, without condemnation. And the list goes on. There is no spot in us, through His merciful grace.

I rejoice in this, and I believe that this is true, but frankly, I don't understand it. Because I see a lot of spots, in me and in those around me. I think God must see through the lens of eternity, a vision that is limited for me. Thank goodness I am not God, because if I were Him, I'd probably just hit delete. It's what we deserve. Praise God it is not what we get.

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Matthew 26:28 

For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 9:22 

Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

Hebrews 9:14

How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

1 Peter 2:24 

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

1 John 1:7 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

1 John 1:7-9 

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.