Real quick, an announcement. It's come to my attention that there's a bunch of folks
who are letting these messages go to their voicemails and then forwarding the voicemail
via text to friends and family so that they can hear the encouragement calls. That's wonderful.
I am not upset about that at all. You feel free to do that if that's something that you
can be a blessing to others. This is a free service, free encouragement calls, and we're
glad to serve you. I'm thinking today of Hosea 1 6. Then she conceived again and gave birth
to a daughter and the Lord said to him, name her Lo Ruha Ma, for I will no longer have
compassion on the house of Israel that I would ever forgive them. Ouch. That the God of heaven,
who is love essentially, would ever come to that point. The forgiveness of God is not
limitless because the justice of God must be satisfied. That's exactly what God was
doing through Jesus on the cross. The price of sin, the penalty of sin is death and there
is no remission of sin without the shedding of blood. And God crushed his own son, Jesus,
that we might be able to be saved, that our sins might be able to be forgiven. The wages
of that sin, which everyone has, is death. And the gift of God is eternal life through
Jesus Christ, his son. Praise you, Lord. Praise you, Lord Jesus, for your sacrifice. Praise
you, Father in heaven for finding a way to forgive us when there was no way. He is the
one mediator between man and God. We are forgiven in Jesus Christ our Lord.