Johnny had a bad habit of taking money from his mother's purse. His father was determined to cure him of this, and he devised a method which he felt confident would be effective. He marched Johnny off to school wearing a sign which said: "I am a thief I stole my mother's money."
A policeman stopped them, and father and son landed in magistrate's court. Johnny was dispatched to school minus the sign, and his father went home with a suspended $5.00 fine.
Suppose we all had to carry signs saying, "I'm a thief," or "I'm a liar," or "I'm a murderer." It would be painfully humiliating! We should be deeply thankful that such sign-carrying is not compulsory!
But it is not necessary for us to carry signs designating our special sins in order for God to know our character and conduct. "All things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with whom we have to do." Heb. 4:1313Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. (Hebrews 4:13).
Although He knows us as sinners, He still loves us. "God commendeth His love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Rom. 5:88But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8).
Those who put their faith in that Savior, in His precious blood which cleanseth from all sin, are so clean in God's sight that if they were compelled to carry signs they would by His grace read as follows: