THE DEBT

WITNESS




2-27-13




THE DEBT












We all have financial debt/obligations
In this world


Debt to pay off our houses
Debt to pay off our cars
Our student loans
And many other types of debt


Our Lord and Savior---Jesus
Had a debt to pay off too
The debt of the selfish choices
That we make
And the cruel things we do to one another


The coldness, the indifference, the ingratitude,
The luke warmness, and ultimately rejection
The rejection of God and the rejection of others
In the way that we live our lives


Just as
We have to pay off our financial debts
Jesus chose willingly and freely
To pay off our selfish sinful debts


Otherwise known as the CROSS


How willing are you
How willing am I
How willing would you be
To pay off the debt
Of a family member
Of a friend
Of a stranger---of someone
That you don’t even know


That is what our Lord and Savior
Did for us
Stepped forward
And paid off
The debt of our sins


One difference
We are people
He does know---and know intimately


For he
Created us out of nothing
Knows each and every thought
That we have ever had
Knows each and every thought
That we ever will have


Unfortunately for many of us
We do not know him
Or even
Attempt to know him


WHY
Because we are his children
We are
CHILDREN OF GOD


He loves each of us
With a never-changing
---a never-ending love
An INFINITE LOVE
A love that we human beings
Sometimes do not understand


“Let NO DEBT remain outstanding
Except the continuing DEBT
To love one another
For he who loves his fellowman
Has fulfilled the law” Romans 13:8


“Love your neighbor as yourself
Love does no harm
To its neighbor
Therefore love
Is the FULFILLMENT of the law”


If we do ALL this---my friends
Our debts are marked---PAID IN FULL


Robert P. Wallman
9-26-11


Ps WITNESS 2-27-13 and 6-25-20