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Isaiah 43:25 – The Greatest Statement of Grace in the OT?
This verse might be the greatest statement of grace in all the Old Testament, said MacArthur. It is also possibly the most humbling and neglected in modern NT theology. While the gospel from Jesus’s birth to rebirth, from ascending out of the water, from the tomb, to heaven, does everything for me; all this was not mainly for me. Jesus came for me, but I was not His main goal.
If forgiveness is not solely or even mainly about me, that changes everything.
1. It changes how I view my forgiveness.
2. It changes one reason why I forgive others.
3. It changes what my whole experience as a servant becomes.
4. It changes how I can’t compare myself to others.
5. It changes the question from “What am I getting out of this?” to “Who am I do this for?”
And more! Ask yourself how this one verse needs to be emphasized more in your own personal theology. Ready?
Isaiah 43:25 – “I–I sweep away your transgressions FOR MY OWN SAKE and remember your sins no more.”
God forgives me mainly for Himself!
Jesus came mainly to glorify His Father!
I exist mainly for God’s glory to shine!
Can you see how this needs to be emphasized?
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