"God's Monument"

"For Thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great." (Psalms 25:11) Now as for that sin that you think is beyond God's power to forgive, as Solomon did say, "And God requireth that which is past". In other words; there is nothing that a man can do for which God's mercy cannot erase, and that which is past is to be given unto Him, every bit of it! But you might think that your repeated sins are far beyond God's pardoning, because they have been placed before the alter time and time again; yet, don't you know how powerful God's monument of forgiveness actually is? There is only one thing that will ever prevent God from forgiving you of your sin, and that is for you not to ask for His forgiveness! The price that was paid for our sin was enough to include all the sins of the entire world, so what sin can we sin that could possibly surpass that! John writes about this in 1 John, as he explains how we are to view our sinful condition, receive God's forgiveness, and then respond to the transformation of Light. It is God's will for us to be washed and made clean before Him, and compared to our ability to surpass His will, which happens to be nonexistent, His power to make us clean is greater than anything that we will ever need! I think that people who cannot come to understand that, either have a problem forgiving others, or they compare how others have not really forgiven them with God's ability to forgive. Either way, they have not received God's forgiveness! That might seem judgemental, and as though I am casting accusations upon certain people; but the truth of the matter is, if you have truly received God's forgiveness, then you have no problem forgiving others, nor do you compared His unconditional forgiveness with anyone else; there is nothing else to compare God's great love to, and nothing that even comes close to outdoing what He has done. It is David's manner of requesting God's forgiveness that is not quite saying "God forgive me, for the sake of Your name", but is rather saying, "Because of the sake of Your name, forgive me"; which is not as though God's name sake is in jeopardy, because it is not; but that David's view of God's monumental love might be obscured by his iniquity. In other words; it is not because God's mercy is not made available to us, that we can't receive it; but it is because it is obscured by our sin. Give it to God!!! "Because of the savour of Thy good ointments Thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love Thee." (Song of Solomon 1:3)