Buried at Sea

I’m guessing most readers have seen movies depicting burial at sea.

Did the scenes make you feel sad?

There is a sense of finality. The dead are cast into the sea; never to be seen again.

Our sins (when confessed) are buried at sea.

“Who is a God like You, who pardons wrongdoing
And passes over a rebellious act of the remnant of His possession?
He does not retain His anger forever,
Because He delights in mercy.
He will again take pity on us;
He will trample on our wrongdoings.
Yes, You will cast all their sins
Into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:18-19 NASB).”

God is merciful: He forgives us.

“Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his thoughts;
And let him return to the Lord,
And He will have compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will abundantly pardon (Isaiah 55:7 NASB).”

It is finished; we are forgiven!

“If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness (1 John 1:8-9 NASB).”