<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+9:1-12">Matthew 9:1-12</span></span></p><p>Perhaps one of the most significant ways in which Jesus is unlike anyone else who has ever lived is that He had the ability to forgive sins. I am sure you will know the words of the famous hymn which refers to the forgiveness offered by Christ: He breaks the power of cancelled sin, He sets the prisoner free. I know of no one else who can do that. Some psychoanalysts try to rid the soul of guilt, but though they may be successful with pseudo -guilt (guilt that is imagined rather than real), they are powerless to deal with the stain of sin that is deeply ingrained in every human soul. The secular therapist will examine the stuff of your dreams, invite you to answer a series of harmless questions, and then drag out from your forgotten past the source of all your trouble - some past transgression or sin. But even the most highly trained team of psychoanalysts cannot forgive. They may expose an old wound, but they cannot heal it. They may show you that your trouble is an ancient sin, but they cannot cleanse it from the system. And that is what our sick souls need most of all - forgiveness. A man I talked to the other day said he went to a professional counselor, a non-Christian, who found the root of his trouble - an old and wicked sin. "Now," said the man, "tell me the cure." "Just forgive yourself," said the analyst. Forgive yourself? It's a lot easier to do that when you know that you yourself have been forgiven. </p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">Lord Jesus, You have not only forgiven me but You keep on forgiving me. Help me realize, however, that though Your forgiveness is free, it is not cheap. For You had to die in order to bring me forgiveness. Help me never forget that. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="mt+26:17-30">Matthew 26:17-30</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ac+2:38">Acts 2:38</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="heb+9:22">Hebrews 9:22</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="ac+13:38">Acts 13:38</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>Why is forgiveness available?</li><li>Seek forgiveness for your sin today.</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

"... the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins ..." (v. 6)

<p><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num ">12 </sup>On hearing this, Jesus said, <woj>“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</woj> </span></p>

On hearing this, Jesus said, <woj>“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</woj>

Matthew 9:12

 12 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

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 On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

<p><span class="bible-text ">On hearing this, Jesus said, <woj>“It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.</woj> </span></p>

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