The Miracle of White Snow 白雪奇迹

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Feb 22, 2020, 8:20:06 PM2/22/20

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The Miracle of White Snow

Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Isaiah 1:18

In the seventeenth century, Sir Isaac Newton used a prism to study how light helps us see different colors. He found that when light passes through an object, the object appears to possess a specific color. While a single ice crystal looks translucent, snow is made up of many ice crystals smashed together. When light passes through all of the crystals, snow appears to be white.

The Bible mentions something else that has a certain color—sin. Through the prophet Isaiah, God confronted the sins of the people of Judah and described their sin as “like scarlet” and as “red as crimson.” But God promised they would “be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18). How? Judah needed to turn away from wrongdoing and seek God’s forgiveness.

Thanks to Jesus, we have permanent access to God’s forgiveness. Jesus called Himself “the light of the world” and said whoever follows Him “will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). When we confess our sins, God forgives us and we’re seen through the light of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. This means that God sees us as He sees Jesus—blameless.

We don’t have to wallow in the guilt and shame of what we’ve done wrong. Instead, we can hold on to the truth of God’s forgiveness, which makes us “white as snow.”

What does it mean to be completely forgiven? What helps you remember that God has forgiven you?

白雪奇迹

你们的罪虽像硃红，必变成雪白。-以赛亚书1章18节

在十七世纪时，科学家牛顿用三棱镜研究光线如何使人看见不同的色彩。他发现，当光线照射某个物体时，就会呈现某种颜色。我们所看到的雪花，是由许多微小的冰晶凝结而成的。每一片的冰晶虽然是半透明的，但当大量冰晶凝结成雪花时，经由光线的照射，看起来就变成白色的。

圣经也提到罪的颜色。上帝透过先知以赛亚明确指出，犹大人所犯的罪就像“硃红”且“红如丹颜”，但上帝应许要将他们的罪“变成雪白”（以赛亚书1章18节）。那么，怎能办到呢？只要他们离弃恶行，并祈求上帝的赦免。

感谢耶稣为我们所成就的一切，让我们可以随时到上帝面前寻求赦免。耶稣表明祂是“世界的光”，凡跟从祂的人“就不在黑暗里走，必要得着生命的光”（约翰福音8章12节）。没错，耶稣就是世界的光，只要我们承认自己的罪，藉着基督在十字架上的牺牲，上帝就会赦免我们，因为祂看我们，就像看到耶稣一样洁白无瑕！

我们再也不必陷入罪疚的泥沼，也无需因自己的过犯感到羞愧。相反地，我们可以紧抓住上帝赦罪的真理，因祂已使我们“变成雪白”。

天父，感谢祢让我能凭着信心，白白领受这宝贵的赦罪之恩！