As Far as the East is From the West: Psalm 103- Supplication through the Scriptures
As Far as the East is From the West Psalm 103 “As far as the east is from the west.” As far as possible; as far as we can imagine. These are the points in our apprehension most distant from each other, and as we can conceive nothing beyond them, so the meaning is, that we cannot imagine our sins could be more effectually removed than they are. Albert Barnes Jerry Bridges popularized the saying, “Preach the gospel to yourself every day.” The gospel, the truth of Jesus’ death, resurrection, and its consequences for those who believe, is not just for the unconverted. Rather, the beautiful truth that our sins are forgiven because of Christ’s death in our place, our being declared righteous on Christ’s merit, and the power we now have to reckon ourselves dead to sin and alive to righteousness is to be daily embraced and lived out in the life of every believer. About the imputed righteousness of Christ, Robert Haldane says, “To that righteousness is the eye of the believer ever to be di...