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Mercy Beyond Comprehension

The Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away His face from you, if ye return unto Him.  2 Chronicles 30:9

 

Of all the people in the Bible, Manasseh may have been the most wicked. Living centuries before Christ, this king of Judah was an idolater who turned against God and worshipped every kind of pagan deity. Manasseh was guilty of immorality: he practiced every conceivable evil and perversion; he devoted himself to sorcery and witchcraft. He also was a murderer and a cruel tyrant, even sacrificing his sons to a pagan god.

So God's judgment fell: the Assyrians captured Jerusalem, and Manasseh was bound in chains and taken hundreds of miles away to Babylon. In prison, he had time to think, and he began to pray. In that dungeon, this wicked man who only deserved Hell cried out to God for forgiveness--and God answered.

The Bible teaches that God is a God of mercy. His mercy is so vast and beyond our comprehension that no matter what sin we have committed, if we truly repent, God will forgive. Be assured that there is no sin you have ever committed that the blood of Jesus Christ cannot cleanse.

From, HOPE for Each Day: Morning & Evening Devotions, by Billy Graham.