Our human nature is like flesh. When you fall and scrape your knee, your body will scab it over and eventually, the scab will heal and there will be no record of that fall. This is like forgiveness. You can fall and scrape your knee a hundred more times and at the very worst, there will be a slight scar. Sin is a similar pain in our lives. When we sin, we ask God to forgive us and he makes us new, just like the skin on our knee. Sin is wiped away through the power of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. When we live in the consequences of that sin, for example stealing we must pay the penalty, that is where we see the scar of sin in our mortal lives, not in the eternal life.
Sometimes the wound will not be able to close and will become infected. It will send the infection further into the body and it will eventually destroy the body. The sin that goes unconfessed to God is the same way in our hearts. 1 John 1:9 says, “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.’’ I encourage you that if you have sins that you are holding onto, be free of them and confess them to God. John 3:17 says, “For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.’’
Jon Tollerud, Lieutenant, Corps Officer
The Salvation Army Wrangell Corps
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