A Premium on Sin?

Luke 7:41-47 "A certain money lender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more? - Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven for she loved much. But he who is forgiven loves little."

When I was a teenager of about 18, I was speaking with a friend about my salvation. I told her how I had said the "Prayer of Salvation" when I was six and sincerely meant it. I commented to this friend that I wished I had not been saved at such a young age because I had not experienced enough sin in my life to appreciate the Grace of God as much as others who had sinned greatly. I used this verse as my basis for this belief.

I want you to think very hard about this and the working of the Holy Spirit in your own conversion. Please, for the sake of your own Soul, consider again the parable in Luke above.

If we take this scripture at face value, then Christ is putting a premium on sin. He is teaching that those who run up the most debt will value their salvation more than those who have sinned less. If this is the case, should we sin more and then come to Christ so that we can highly esteem this Grace? God Forbid! This is not the teaching of Scripture. It is not the value or number of our sins that Christ is here speaking about. It is the realization and understanding of the depth and greatness of our sin against the Greatness and Goodness of a Holy God. This is an understanding that is given by the Holy Spirit. It does not come to the natural mind. (1 Corinthians)

Consider this, especially if you were "Saved" as a young child or grew up in a Christian Home. You have been born with the same depraved nature as every other vile sinner on earth. "But I have not committed great sins" you may say. Ah, but it is in the little sins that your nature may be most clearly revealed. For example, there is nothing in our physical makeup or in nature itself that would cause us to think or speak of God and his attributes as a small thing. There is nothing in a man's genetic makeup or physical body that should cause him to brake the 3rd Commandment. Other sins, such as gluttany could almost be excused because we eat to survive and may eat more than we should because something taste good or because we are not as hungry as we thought. We tend to fall to those things which make us feel good or that we recieve some benifit from. What benifit do we recieve from Cursing or using the Lords name without reverence? We do not use the name of Hitler as an explitive do we? Why is that? Why do we take the name of a good God, who has given us life, love, hapiness, good food, air to breath and many other things and use it as a small thing or an explitive. How sinful is this nature of ours?

Examine yourself by scripture. Examine your experience by scripture. Can you see the Holy Spirit in your past, not only convicting you of sin but testifying to your condemnation before a Holy and Just God? Was there a time when he stripped you of your own righteousness and works and left you naked and destitute at the foot of the Cross? If not, who will stand before God in your stead on that day? Will it be Christ and his righteousness or will it be you and your own righteousness? Oh, how dreadful to be judged by your own works? Please, examine yourself. Fear! Lest a promise being left us, you seem to come short of.

There is no premium on sin. All are forgiven much! It is evident that some people have a deeper knowledge of how much they have been forgiven than others. Some learn this quickly while others grow in this understanding. How great is this God and how sinful are we? There is none righteous, no not one. We have all gone out of the way. No man will come unto the Father but through Christ. All must be stripped of their own righteousness before Christ will impute to them his.