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E V E R Y D A Y L I G H T
Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
Who Can Forgive?
"... the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ..."
(v. 6)
-- For reading & meditation: Matthew 9:1-12
Perhaps one of the most significant ways in which Jesus is unlike
anyone else who has ever lived is that He had the ability to forgive
sins. I am sure you will know the words of the famous hymn which
refers to the forgiveness offered by Christ: He breaks the power of
cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free. I know of no one else who
can do that. Some psychoanalysts try to rid the soul of guilt, but
though they may be successful with pseudo -guilt (guilt that is
imagined rather than real), they are powerless to deal with the stain
of sin that is deeply ingrained in every human soul. The secular
therapist will examine the stuff of your dreams, invite you to answer
a series of harmless questions, and then drag out from your forgotten
past the source of all your trouble - some past transgression or sin.
But even the most highly trained team of psychoanalysts cannot
forgive. They may expose an old wound, but they cannot heal it. They
may show you that your trouble is an ancient sin, but they cannot
cleanse it from the system. And that is what our sick souls need most
of all - forgiveness. A man I talked to the other day said he went to
a professional counselor, a non-Christian, who found the root of his
trouble - an old and wicked sin. "Now," said the man, "tell me the
cure." "Just forgive yourself," said the analyst. Forgive yourself?
It's a lot easier to do that when you know that you yourself have
been forgiven.
PRAYER:
Lord Jesus, You have not only forgiven me but You keep on forgiving
me. Help me realize, however, that though Your forgiveness is free,
it is not cheap. For You had to die in order to bring me forgiveness.
Help me never forget that. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
Matt. 26:17-30; Acts 2:38; Heb. 9:22; Acts 13:38
1. Why is forgiveness available?
2. Seek forgiveness for your sin today.
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