Going to the mailbox is one of the most tormenting and hated acts in all of America. The scene is so normal, as we dread opening the box and seeing those evil white envelopes housing their bills, we are left with a bitter gall at the power of these little pieces of paper, for they are sure to afflict the bank accounts and leave us feeling beaten and broke, like slaves to our debts and our creditors. And while this may seem caricatured, the emotion is valid and more widespread than we would care to concede.
Fortunately, financial debts can be managed and overcome a persistent prescription of diligent prudence. Additionally, finance is a finite ordeal, having no eternal affects in and of itself. However, humanity has another, eternal debt. And this debt, unlike the credits of finance, cannot be overcome by judiciously managing resources. This debt is sin.
Sin is a stain on the credit scores of our souls that prevent us from receiving the heavenly and eternal King, known through the shed blood and broken body of Christ by faith. Sin and its pervasive effects prevent us from entering into a right and restored relationship with the Lord Almighty. Luckily, in this regard, we have One who has paid our sin debt in full: Christ Jesus.
The Bible speaks of sin a record of debt that Jesus has zeroed, nailing it to the cross in His body (Col. 2:13-14). In doing so, God has secured for us an eternal inheritance, of the imperishable. When we come to God, in faith, we receive this inheritance as adopted children into the family of God (Eph. 1:3-14). Additionally, His Word declares that in Jesus, through repentance in faith, may our debt be cancelled definitively (Acts 3:19-20). Let us then turn to God in faith to be cleared of the most severe and eternal of debts!
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