I was listening to the radio this morning and I heard an account given by someone who said he used to compete with his friend when they ate at restaurants. They would each try to pay the bill for the food before the other. One day a company of five dined out and when they had all eaten he asked the waitress for the bill thinking he would surprise his friend. However the waitress told him the meal was already paid for. It was then that he found out that his friend had slipped her his credit card when he entered the restaurant, so the meal was already paid for in full.
He mentioned how this reminded him of how Jesus paid the price for our sins in full when He died on Calvary. The experience seems insignificant compared to what Jesus did, but the principle is that we do not have to pay. Jesus took care of everything. It was finished, complete and fulfilled. Jesus told the following story:
There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.
Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven.
Luke 7: 41 - 48
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