If you want to be utterly distraught, spend a few moments in the presence of the U.S. National Debt Clock in New York City. It uses 306 light bulbs to endlessly declare the U.S. debt and each family’s share. As I pondered the clock this question came to me. What if heaven had one of these? A marquee that measured our spiritual debt? Does it click at each infraction? We lie…click. We gossip…click. We demand our way…click.
A financial liability is one matter, but a spiritual one? The debt of sin has a serious consequence. It separates us from God. What do we do? The apostle Paul said, “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Romans 8:1). Paul knew that because God’s promises are unbreakable our hope is unshakable!
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