This morning Paul in his letter to the Corinthians (1 COR 15:1-11) mentions that he was “not fit to be called an Apostle” as he had “persecuted the Church of God”. He follows this up by saying “but by the grace of God I am what I am”. Part of the grace Paul is talking about is God’s forgiveness for his sins against the early believers.
In Luke’s gospel (LK 7:36-50) we hear the story of Jesus eating dinner with the pharisee and the sinful woman coming to bath his feat with her tears. Simon the pharisee is turned off by Jesus allowing a sinful woman to hang around Him. Jesus ultimately tells Simon that everyone who believes can be saved from their sins.
When the sins of Paul and the sinful woman are viewed by human terms their actions may be unforgivable. However, through Jesus and His death on the cross all sins are forgivable. Paul reminded the Corinthians of this by writing “for I handed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures;”.
Don’t forget to forgive yourself.
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