Captured by Grace Devotionals Day 3

 No Sin Too Great

 

Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 1:18

 

 

Paige was a twenty-year-old dreamer; so when her boyfriend asked her to get married, she accepted.  After a beautiful wedding, life went downhill in a hurry.  He flunked out of college; she became pregnant and went to work to support them.  Then, when the baby was eleven months old, he committed “an unforgivable sin,” and Paige called her parents to come get her.

 

What was the husband’s unforgivable sin?  Paige doesn’t say.  But it raises the question, Is there any sin so bad that God can’t or won’t forgive?  That we can’t forgive?  The apostle Paul made it clear that he believed himself to be the chief of sinners.  He was a blasphemer, a persecutor, approved of the killing of innocent people, and put many others in prison.  Yet he found that none of those sins was unforgivable in God’s sight (Colossians 2:13).  God himself said there was no limit on forgiveness (Matthew 18:22).  The efficacy of the blood of Christ is infinite.  It is able to wash away every sin you may find unforgivable.

 

God’s warning about sin being unforgivable is when we fail to forgive others (Matthew 6:15).

 

Where is the foolish person who would think it is in his power to commit more than God could forgive?

Francis de Sales

 

Recommended Reading: 1 Timothy 1:13-15

 

1 Timothy 1:13-15 (New King James Version)

13 although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.