Our Mountain Of Debt--Paid!

January 6

Paul tells us in Romans 8:29 that, “God knew man before He made the world and He decided that man should be like His Son so Jesus would be the firstborn of many brothers.” That’s precious to know but difficult to understand, for man is steeped in depravity. We needn’t look far—only to ourselves—to discover we fall far short of Jesus’ example of complete righteousness, of total holiness.

So how do we reconcile who we know we are with who the Lord says we are, considering the following?

Worry falls short of faith.
Impatience falls short of kindness.
The critical spirit falls short of love.

So, with these sins and countless others on our account, how often do we sin, hmm… in an hour? For the sake of discussion, let’s say each of us sins ten times an hour. Ten sins an hour, times sixteen waking hours, times 365 days a year, times the average life span of 74 years. I’m rounding the total off to 4,300,000 sins per person!

How do each of us plan to pay God for our individual 4.3 million sin increments per lifetime? We’re swimming in an ocean of debt! Much like the failed economies of the world system, each person who has ever breathed owes a mountain of sin-debt to our holy God. But unlike the economic quagmire that is unforgiving and will accrue far further than our lifetimes to those of our children and grandchildren and beyond, God pardons the zillion sins of selfish humanity! He forgives sixty million sin-filled days ad infinitum!

As Romans 3:23 says, “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” God knows our frame and He knows our utter inability to live up to His holy standard, but He got us out of the mess we’re in and restored us to where He always wanted us to be. And He did it by the grace, the sacrifice, the propitiatory death, the love, of Jesus Christ.