Micah 7:18 (NET) - Who is a God like you? Who forgives sin
and pardons the rebellion of those who remain among his people? Who does not
stay angry forever, but delights in showing loyal love?
Man rebelled against God in the beginning.
We still do.
Adam and Eve gave into pride.
They were lured into disobedience on a false promise.
The promise that they would “be like God, knowing good and evil” (Genesis 3).
We are just as guilty.
So often we want to do things our way rather than God’s way.
The result of our disobedience is all around us.
Things like injustice, division, crime, and hatred make headlines.
C. S. Lewis once wrote: “All that we call human history—money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery—the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.”
Lewis published this in 1952, and the sad tale of our pride and disobedience continues.
It might seem that man is forever lost.
It might even seem that, as individuals, we too are forever lost.
Both assumptions are incorrect.
God is more than capable of forgiveness and pardon.
In fact, He has forgiven and pardoned already.
This is not due to anything we have done.
It is due to what Christ did on our behalf.
Romans 8:32 (NET) - Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
Those who have accepted Him are completely forgiven.
God completely forgives because of His limitless love.
But if so, why does the world continue in its present state?
For one thing, we have not learned to forgive others.
For another, we have not even learned to forgive ourselves.
If God forgives so much, should we not be willing to forgive others of so little?
If God loves us all, should we not love each other as well?
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
Look for me at https://faithfulfeetteam.blogspot.com/ on
Friday, February 19, 2021.
I will be back here on Friday, February
26, 2021
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