Forgiven
“When they couldn’t pay, he forgave them both. Which of them, therefore, will love him most?” – Luke 7:42
All of us are in debt, the only difference is in the amount of our debts. For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. Some have sinned far more than others. But whether our debt is little or much, we have nothing at all with which to pay it.
He forgave them both.
It is just as easy for God to forgive the greatest sins as the smallest. He forgave them. That is the only way we can ever get clear of our sins.
A quaint man used to carry a little book, which he took very often from his pocket, and which he called his “biography.” It had only three leaves, and there was not a word written on any of them, yet he said the book told the whole story of his life. The first leaf was black: that was his sin; that was his condition by nature. He would shudder when he looked at it. The second was red: that was the blood of Christ, and his face glowed when he gazed upon it. The third was white: that was himself washed in Christ’s blood, made whiter than snow.
His book told the whole story of every redeemed life. Between the black of our sins and the white of redemption must always come the red of Christ’s blood