“He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea” (Micah 7:19).
TEXT — Micah 7:16-20
Message
Sin creeps in when people are not watchful. But sometimes, it sweeps in a flourished way. When sin appeared in the Garden of Eden, it overwhelmed man. God’s response was also not in stages but in total measures. He moved against it, swiftly meting out justice to the sinful Adam and his wife, Eve. The final blow was His plan to send Jesus to “bruise” the head of the devil, the source of sin. It was a once-and-for-all answer to the sin question.
Thousands of years later, God repeated His stance on transgressions through Micah, the prophet of Judah. He still detests iniquity since He is “of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity.” However, there would be pardon for those who sincerely seek mercy and make a clean break from wrongdoings.
The Lord says He would do this by casting all our sins into the “depths of the sea.” He will not deposit them by the seashore where they could find their way back into men’s lives. There will be no room for sin to flow back from the bottomless oceans. This speaks of a world order where the Prince of peace is in charge of those He has redeemed from the power of Satan and sin. Micah says this will fulfil God’s original covenant with Israel.
God’s decision to bring in the ‘seed’ of the woman to overthrow sin and the devil has been realized. He has sent His prophets and evangelists throughout the generations to remind man of His mercy and compassion, long-suffering and the need for repentance, before it is too late. God has done His part; it now remains for man to play his role by turning wholeheartedly to Jesus Christ through repentance and faith in Him
Listed among “500 most powerful people on the planet” by the Foreign Policy magazine in 2013, Pastor (Dr.) William F. Kumuyi is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry (DCLM) headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria. DCLM started in 1973 as a 15-member Bible study group right in Kumuyi’s apartment at University of Lagos where he was a lecturer. His revolutionary Bible teaching on personal holiness and commitment to evangelism soon gained so much traction and resulted in a widespread revival.
