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Deep in Debt

No one likes to be in debt. It creates so much anxiety and stress to know that I have far more bills than money coming in each week. I dread going to the mailbox everyday because it’s inevitable that there will be another bill or two to toss into the pile sitting on my counter. Where does it end?  Work like a dog to make ends meet, yet I can’t seem to keep up…sighhhh. I dream of the day when a bill collector says, “You’re debt free!”

In today’s society, there’s a stigma of “keeping up with the Joneses” that seems to overwhelm and burden us with debt. If I asked for a show of hands, I bet we’d all wearily pop a hand up. As a child, my father would sacrifice our needs and wants to fulfill the needs of another. He did this on many occasions. His faith was so great. He knew if he helped another, he would be blessed and that God would supply our family with all we really needed. There were so many times he would anonymously pay for a bill or a toy for a family in need to keep their power on or to give Christmas to an unfortunate child. His altruistic ways was a direct reflection of what he embodied–the love of Jesus Christ.

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Paid!

With the season we are in, this all sounds far too familiar, doesn’t it? A payment made specifically for you so it’s marked and paid in full? How grateful should we be that we all owed a great debt for sin that we could never pay on our own? Jesus understood our awful state and chose to leave the grandeur of Heaven with His royal standing to take on the sin of all humanity. He paid our debt. I’m reminded in the AMP version of John 19:28-30 that Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst. A vessel (jar) of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. Read the KJV here.

I find it interesting that the definition of “it is finished” in Greek actually means “paid in full”! So when Jesus said these words, He was declaring the debt owed because of the original sin in the garden but now it’s all been wiped away! Nothing had to be added for our payment. It was paid in full! What a pay-day we have coming!  If this doesn’t excite you my friend, I don’t know what will!

Be Free

So, in reality, if someone went to the bank and paid your house or car loan off, would you try to go behind them and pay it again? Absolutely not! How absurd would that be? Why is it so difficult to see the truth and see that our sin debt is canceled? Stop living in shame and condemnation. Jesus carried our shame and condemnation and hung it on the cross. All sin is canceled- past, present and future! Receive the gift of salvation in the fullest this Easter season. Walk in freedom because of what our wonderful Savior did at the cross of Calvary. Do you know Him? Do you walk with Him? He’s waiting for you.

Happy Easter Weekend,

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