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Luke chapter 7, verses 41 through 43.

Jesus says a certain money lender had two debtors.

One owed 500 denari and the other 50.

When they could not pay, he canceled the debt of both. Now, which one of them will love him more?

Simon answered, the one, I suppose, for whom he canceled the larger debt. And he said to him,

You have judged rightly. Now, this whole conversation between Jesus and Simon takes place in the middle of a woman who had taken an alabaster flask of ointment and poured it on Jesus' feet and wet his feet with her tears, wiped them with the hair of her head, kissed his feet,

anointed them with ointment. And this is a woman who had a reputation for being a sinner.

And Jesus looks at Simon and tells him this story to illustrate this reality that when we have been forgiven

much, we will love much and worship much and show much gratitude and thanksgiving and awe and so I ask you the question is wherever you are

right now how much have you been forgiven huh even as I asked that question I am overwhelmed in my heart and my life.

I shudder to think of where I would be apart from God's forgiveness of me.

Of sin in my heart, in my mind, in my life, in my actions, in my words over years, over decades.

Like, there's no question that I should not be at this moment leading a short podcast.

Like, I should be in hell right now.

And so should you.

And so it's good.

It's really good for us to pause.

In light of this story in Luke chapter 7 and to pray.

And just to say, God, we praise you for your forgiveness of us.

For your forgiveness of all our sins. Jesus, we praise you for the cross. We praise you for

taking the payment of all our sins upon yourself.

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