And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! – Luke 15:17
The story of the Prodigal Son describes us all, as children of God. We are all unfaithful children of our benevolent heavenly Father. We all have squandered […]
I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake – 1 John 2:12
You are a sinner. Your thoughts, your actions, and your words are all tainted with selfishness, pride, and idolatry. You need forgiveness.
By whom do you need to be forgiven? While you may have hurt friends or […]
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins – Acts 2:38
Perhaps forgiveness is not one of your felt needs. You may have so completely immersed yourself in the relativism and self-justification of your culture that you have numbed yourself to the sting of your […]
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple – Jonah 2:7
Prayer can take us from hell to heaven in the blink of an eye.
Here Jonah had run away from God, disobeying the command to preach to Israel’s enemies in the city of […]
I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin – Psalm 32:5
Two things we are clearly meant to take away from this account: sin must be confessed and, when it is, sin will […]
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