Jeremiah 33:8 And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities… I. The pardon of sin which Almighty God, in infinite mercy and grace, is now offering to sinners in the Gospel, is A FULL PARDON — that is, it comprehends and extends to every sin, however sinful, and includes all sins, however numerous. It was foretold in ancient prophecy that when the Messiah should come "to make His soul an offering for sin," He should, by His atoning death, "finish transgressions, make an end of sins, make reconciliation for iniquity, and bring in everlasting righteousness." Our blessed Saviour having come, as it wee thus written of Him, and having suffered the "just for us the unjust," the Gospel testimony of His vicarious sufferings declares that His expiatory death has made a full and perfect atonement for all the sins of His people — that He has thereby fully reconciled them to God — that "His blood cleanseth them from all sin" — that "He is able to save to the uttermost all who come unto God through Him." II. The pardon proclaimed in the Gospel is FREE — it is vouchsafed by an infinitely gracious God, suspended on no condition whatever to be performed by the sinner as the meritorious ground of its bestowal. It is this absolute freeness of the forgiveness of sin proclaimed in the Gospel that makes it worthy of an infinitely gracious God's bestowal, and good news to poor, miserable, and wretched sinners. Were it otherwise, it could be no rest to an awakened and alarmed conscience — to a weary and heavy sin-laden soul. III. The pardon proclaimed to sinners in the Gospel is EVERLASTING. This makes it a complete pardon. (A. M'Watt.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. |
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