"Who can forgive sins other than God alone?" Mark 2:7.
That's right. Only God can forgive sins. Oh, sure, a person can forgive sins done against them personally, perhaps, but who can forgive sins against other people? And, anyway, what human being can forgive sins done against God? Whoever tries to forgive others' sins gives insult, indeed blasphemes, God! Yeah. Except for Jesus. Jesus can forgive sins. And Jesus does forgive sins. He who died for the sins of the whole world has the right to forgive whomever he wishes to forgive. With the same authority God gave him to heal anyone he chooses to heal.
We meet up with a brother or sister today each of us forgiven and healed by Christ. And, together, we praise God for his Son's right to cleanse us from sin to the uttermost.
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