“Pay more”. And we circle on the wings of guilt, paying and paying and paying. When will we have bled enough to have paid enough? If we think, through the eyes of our guilt and depression, that Christ didn’t quite bleed enough or suffer enough for us, and we must continue to bleed and suffer for our sins, then the next logical question would be, when will we have suffered and bled enough to cover it?
And who is going to decide when we’ve bled enough, what ultra-righteous man will decide this question above God? Is anyone worthy to make that decision besides God? God said Jesus already paid the price … i say, No, no one but Christ was able to pay, and no man but Christ did pay. But in our own minds, when we’re alone in the late night, when will we have bled enough to cover our own transgressions? EVER? Do we actually think we have enough blood to satisfy the debt?
How long will we allow the enemy to keep us slaves to what God has washed away and remembers no more?
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9)
Psalms 103:12 says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.”
Rom 6:10 “For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God.”
Heb 7:26 “For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens; 27 who does not need daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the people’s, for this He did once for all when He offered up Himself.”
Isaiah 54:10, “For the mountains may leave and the hills be removed, but my grace will never leave you, and my covenant of peace will not be removed,” says Adonai, who has compassion on you.”
And that’s just a very few verses.
Did Jesus die enough for you?
Did Jesus suffer enough for you?
Did Jesus bleed enough for you?
Was His sacrifice and resurrection enough?
And if the answer is “Yes”, then it is also true for our neighbor and we must let our offenses go. Open your hands and let it go. Empty your pockets of religious contempt and allow that dead stuff to fall from your hands.
i met a women who was incarcerated (again) for yet another infraction of the law…..she was always weeping-couldn’t talk to her without her weeping. i asked her why, and she proceeded to tell me 17 years ago, a babysitter for her only child had neglected and abused him till he died. The other woman, who was disabled, did no time nor paid any restitution. She said for 17 years she had felt so ashamed and guilty because she felt she should have been there instead of at work, there was nothing but suffering for her. She said she had been praying, multiple times/day that the other woman would endure catastrophic suffering for what happened. i asked her how that was working out, and she said the other woman was actually prospering. i suggested, seeing as how all her cursing didn’t work, maybe she should try asking the Lord to bless the woman, pray the Lord would give the other woman peace. As the weeks went by her mind set began to shift, the weeping stopped, and her demeanor changed drastically. i asked her finally if she thought Jesus died and bled enough for her, wherewith she replied the death and resurrection of Christ was sufficient for everyone. i encouraged her to consider, that if that was really the truth, then He died enough for the other woman, regardless of the wrong she did. It was a defining moment to say the least. Think about it.
O.T. law says the judgment was greater than the sacrifice. N.T. says the sacrifice was greater than the judgment. Christ is more than sufficient and His grace is super-abundant to cover anything that goes on with us, not that we should ever tread the grace of God down in presumptuous sin. Show me one man whom Jesus didn’t die for and i’ll lay my Bible down.
Do you feel your eyes see things in you that God’s eyes can not? If so, how is it your eyes are so much more powerful than Almight God? If the Lord says we are forgiven, then we are forgiven. How long will we allow the enemy to make us slaves to our past?