My Lord is more ready to pardon than you to sin, more able to forgive than you to transgress.
It is just one comment, and Spurgeon goes on to talk about the riches of Christ, but this statement is so profound! In the depths of your sin, in the gutters of your iniquities, He stands ready to pardon you, again and again. Not seven, but seventy times seven! No matter how much you sin, if you are counted for Christ, He will forgive. Often we are as the prodigal son, sludging around in the pigs mud and feed in our own sin, sometimes even beating our chest that we are the chief of sinners; however, much like the prodigal son, we must lift our head out of the mire, realize the riches of forgiveness that we have in Christ, and run to Him, flinging ourselves on His mercy!
It is very human to think there is a point at which God will say, "no, not this time; you've gone too far." But we must again remember that it is Jesus' righteousness that we plead when we go before the Father; in fact, it is only Christ's life, sacrifice and death on the Cross that allows us to approach the Father at all.
So no matter how often or even how willfully you enter in to sin, know that pardon in Christ stands at the door; He calls you to righteousness, yet He knows that of your own power you cannot do it. He knows you will fail, but He stands ready to pardon you. He is more ready to pardon and forgive than you are to sin! What a glorious truth that we can rest in, this side of glory.
