“There was a certain creditor who had two debtors. One owned five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing with which to repay, he freely forgave them both. Tell Me, therefore, which of them will love him more?” Simon answered and said, “I suppose the one whom he forgave more.” And He said to him, “You have rightly judged.”
Luke 7 : 41-43 (New King James Version)
We read from verses 36 -39 , “Then one of the Pharisees asked Him to eat with him. And He went to the Pharisee’s house, and sat down to eat. And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster flask of fragrant oil, and stood at His feet behind Him weeping; and she began to wash His feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and she kissed His feet and anointed them with the fragrant oil. Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he spoke to himself, saying, “This Man, if He were a prophet, would know who and what manner of woman this is who is touching Him, for she is a sinner.””
Now this man was a Pharisee, but when he saw the woman he considered himself to be o so much holy when compared to her. Do we take that kind of stand in our daily lives ? Yes we have Christ residing within us. But when we see other people coming to seek Christ do we take a “I am so much more holier” stand ? Do we let self pride enter our lives ? Do we let self righteousness govern our thoughts ?
We need to understand one thing … when we stand at the white throne judgment there is not going to be a GUILTY and NOT GUILTY sentenced passed. Do you know why ? Because we all are guilty . We all have fallen short . God is so Holy and His standards are so high. Looking at someone in lust is the equivalent of committing adultery. A lie is a lie. And sin is sin. We are no one to judge “Oh this sin is not as big as that” . Sin is sin !
I believe that the two states we will see is GUILTY and FORGIVEN !! (just think about this for a while )
1 John 1:9 , “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”
Wow ! What a joy to be forgiven. And when we are forgiven , the love we have for Him just grows by the moment. And you know what ? Its personal. It’s an intimate understanding between you and God. Being forgiven in Christ does not mean we take a judgmental stand. Being forgiven is that we understand its only His grace and His love and His mercy that sustains us. That should automatically take us of that lofty judgmental position that we like to stand upon sometimes.
We read in verses 41-43 that there was a certain creditor and he had two debtors. And they both owed him money. One 500 denarii and another 50. And the creditor forgave them both. We read that this passage is only about two things 1. The forgiveness of the creditor 2.The love of the debtor. It has nothing to do with oh one debtor was better than the other or that one did not deserve to be forgiven or anything of that nature.
And that is the same view we need to keep in mind. Praise God for His forgiveness. Our Holy God , the great I AM loves us , He has forgiven us. Its not for us to be turning around and saying “Oh I am better off than you because I only needed XYZ sin forgiven and not ABC”. Nope. It’s about Him and its about the love relationship that is between us and Him.
I pray that we come down from our forever judgmental perspectives and may the Lord open our eyes to see Him and bless our hearts with a love that overflows for Him.
God Bless
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