Your sins are forgiven

Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.” (Luke 7:48 NLT)

I tell you unless a person gets the revelation of how messed up they really are, they won't fully appreciate the power in the following four words. Your sins are forgiven.

We live in a desperate and broken world. It is hard to see hope for the state that many nations and people's are in. You see man is not inherently good, he really isn't. Sorry to break the news to you but it is true. How would you define good anyways? Man can one day do something 'good' to his fellow man and then the next day unspeakable evil flows forth from the same person. How can this be? Can evil and good reside in the same being? Yes and yes.

If you recall in the book of Genesis Chapter 1:27 it says that God created man in his image, both male and female. We were fully intended in the beginning to be without sin, to look like God. To represent His very image and being. To live full and free without evil and destruction knocking at our door.

Something changed, something terrible happened. Forever changed the course of human history. It was called 'The Fall'.

Adam and Eve chose to disobey God and as a result sin or evil entered into the heart of every man and woman through Adam and Eve. Since the days of the Garden the earth has been increasingly turned over to destruction. Yes we see good, the earth is still beautiful. There are beautiful things, places, and people. Yet unspeakable evil and horror exist. The cancer has spread. The disease has only grown worse as time goes on. God in His mercy and love did not forget about us or leave us to destruction. Something beautiful happened in the midst of darkness.

Jesus said to the woman, 'your sins are forgiven'.

Since that day until this one those four words demand attention and response from the heart of every man and woman. In these simple but costly four words lies the hope for all humanity. There is only one who has the authority to say these words. Only one who has the power to truly forgive a mans sins.

If you have found any other out there who offers a better solution eternally to the destruction that exists in the heart of man and this world, please let me know. As for now and forever I am convinced that Jesus is the only hope for a dying race called humanity. He offers forgiveness of sin, new life, hope beyond this earth. Consider Him who is more than qualified to care for you in every way.

You are loved just like the woman who poured out the costly perfume all over His feet. As Jesus said to her the one who loves much has been forgiven much. Jesus came for the sick at heart, the poor in spirit, the broken in body. He came that all might have life eternal. I can promise you one thing...

Every knee will bow before Him and every tongue will confess, that Jesus Christ is Lord. Think about that and how your response to Him matters. Be blessed.