In a Scottish village there lived a Christian doctor noted for his skill and piety. After his death, when his books were examined, it was noticed that several accounts had written across them in red ink: “Forgiven, too poor to pay.”
His wife was of a different disposition, however, and exclaimed, “Fiddlesticks! These debts must be paid!” She therefore sued for the money.
“Is this your husband’s handwriting in red?” asked the judge.
She replied that it was.
“Then,” said the judge, “there is not a court nor tribunal in the land that can obtain the money where he has written, ‘Forgiven.’”
The Lord Jesus, the great Physician, has died to pay sin’s debt for all who claim Him as their Saviour. When He says to a repentant sinner who turns to Him in faith, “Thy sins are forgiven thee,” there is no tribunal in heaven or earth that can change or reverse that decision.
What though the accuser roar
Of ills that I have done!
I know them well, and thousands more:
Jehovah findeth none.
ML-08/30/1964