No Limits!
And Peter remembered the word of Jesus who had said to him,
“Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”
So he went out and wept bitterly.
Matthew 26: 75
It’s a common theme in many arenas of
life: one chance, and one chance only.
On television game shows, you get one chance to answer a question
correctly. In baseball, you get one chance to hit a game-winning home
run; in basketball, you get one chance to make the game-winning free
throw. Occasionally, do-overs are allowed like the “mulligan” shot in
informal golf games.
Where would we be in life if God gave us only one chance to get it
right? Peter thought he had committed an unforgivable sin: “So he
went out and wept bitterly.” Satan tempts us into thinking we
have
exceeded the limits of God’s grace when we make wrong
choices.
Yet Paul wrote in Romans 5:20, “But where sin abounded,
grace abounded much more.” That is no excuse for willfully
sinning, of course (Romans 6:1-2). But it is a reminder that
we can never exhaust God’s forgiveness.
If you make a wrong decision, confess your sin to God
and receive His forgiveness and restoration (1 John 1:9).
There are no limits to God’s love.
In these days of guilt complexes,
perhaps the most glorious word in
the English language is “forgiveness.”
Billy Graham
