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Forgiveness
“In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:14).
Doctor Jacob Chamberlain (1835-1908) was a missionary to India for almost forty years. Among other things, he started two hospitals and helped revise the Telugu Bible.
In one of his writings he recounts the story of a man crawling many agonizing miles on his knees and elbows to bathe in the “sacred” River Ganges. Emerging from the polluted water, he still felt the heavy weight of his sin. Depressed, he told Dr. Chamberlain of his guilt, and of his fear of dying unforgiven. With delight, the missionary told him of the saving grace of God through the work of His Son, Jesus Christ. The man’s heart was touched, and he rejoiced to know the burden of sin rolled away as God’s love and forgiveness filled His soul.
You may quickly see the foolishness of making a pilgrimage to some so-called “sacred” river or shrine. But have you received the forgiveness of sins through the death and blood of Christ? Can you say,
“In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace” (Ephesians 1:7)?
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