JONATHAN
Hello, I’m Jonathan Crabtree, Pastor of Student Ministries at Central – a United Methodist Community in downtown Meridian. Forgiveness. It’s almost like a legal transaction. Someone breaks a code of conduct, law, or covenant, and someone else recognizes it. Forgiveness is the removal of the debt owed to pay the price of breaking the law. People hurt others, and yet, somehow we are asked to forgive. The one who owes debt may carry shame and guilt, and the person who can forgive has the power to remove that shame and guilt.
Humanity carried the weight of shame and guilt to the point of destruction. Jesus destroyed the power of guilt and shame by carrying it on the cross. Therefore, we have been forgiven. We have been freed of the debt owed to God because of God’s love for us. This freedom should elicit a response of gratitude. If you’re carrying the weight of guilt and shame, receive the forgiveness of Jesus Christ, live in the freedom of gratitude and show this same forgiveness to others who may have wronged you.
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