Bible Reading: I John 1
Key
Verse: Verse 9 - “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive
us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Key Words: he is faithful and just to
forgive us
Sir Edward C.
Burne-Jones, the prominent nineteenth-century English artist, went to tea at
the home of his daughter. As a special
treat his little granddaughter was allowed to come to the table; she
misbehaved, and her mother made her stand in the corner with her face to the
wall. Sir Edward, a well-trained
grandfather; did not interfere with his grandchild’s training, but the next
morning he arrived at his daughter’s home with paints and palette. He went to the wall where the little girl had
been forced to stand; and there he painted pictures – a kitten chasing its
tail, lambs in the field, and goldfish swimming. He decorated the wall on both sides of the
corner with paintings for his granddaughter’s delight. If she had to stand in the corner again, at
least she would have something to look at.
When a
Christian commits sin and is put into a corner, God does not send him to
hell. When a child of God sins, he does
not fall from grace. Wonderful it is that instead he falls into grace. If your particular sin has been confessed,
God has restored you; when God put you into the corner, He went to you there
and painted a picture of His forgiveness and love.
What to do:
✞Many people can forgive
everyone but themselves. If God forgives you, why can’t you
forgive yourself? Go and sin no more – but you are forgiven!
✞If God can forgive others,
why can’t you? Try it! A bitter,
unforgiving spirit destroys the one not willing to forgive.
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