Love More

When people realize how sinful, nasty and dirty they are when compared to Jesus’ righteousness many will break down and weep over their sins knowing that their sins were responsible for His death.  The Word says in Hebrews 9:22-28, “And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”

Jesus fulfilled sins requirement which could not be accomplished without the shedding of His blood.  He was the spotless Lamb of God, the perfect sacrifice.  This is why I say that any true believer, when faced with the Lord’s holiness compared to their filthy rags and the un-holiness of their former life, will weep over their sins at one point or another.  I think the only exclusion to this would be a believer that thinks they lived a pretty good life before they were converted.  I think it comes down to your attitude and how you perceive sin.

Remember the story of the sinful woman in Luke 7:28-50.  She knew the condition of her soul and how sinful she was.  It says this in verses 36-39, “Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table. And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, ‘If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner.’”

The self-righteous Pharisee seemed to be indignant to Jesus’ response to this woman and responded with a story that went like this; you find it in verses 40-42, “And Jesus answered him, ‘Simon, I have something to say to you.’ And he replied, ‘Say it, Teacher.’ ‘A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?’”  

The Pharisee told Jesus the right answer then Jesus said this in verse 47, “For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little.”

Like I said, this lady knew her condition and wept over her sin because she knew that she was forgiven much.  What about you?  Something to think about; have a super day may God bless you and yours!!