The son started his speech: “Father, I’ve sinned against God, I’ve sinned before you; I don’t deserve to be called your son ever again.” But the father wasn’t listening.
Luke 15: 21-22
In Luke 15, in the story of prodigal son, when the son returned home after having wasted his father’s inheritance on wild living and partying, he passionately started pouring out his genuine remorse, but his father wasn’t listening.
He was calling his staff to kill the best calf for a party, declaring, “My son was lost and now he’s found!”
Are you doing what this son did, telling your Father everything you’ve done wrong, how unworthy you are of His love?
Can I tell you that God is not listening?
You’re wasting your breath.
The moment you asked God to forgive you, He forgave you and then He forgot your sins.
You’re not worthy because of what you did or didn’t do.
You’re worthy only because of what Jesus did for you on the cross.
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