That’s the song we often sing.  And the reality of life is that sometimes, we must borrow money and therefore be in debt.  Many of us cannot simply purchase a house with money from our savings.  But the wisdom of the Bible is that we should avoid financial debt.  Proverbs 22:7 says, “the borrower is slave to the lender.” In our world today, holding a balance on our credit cards is especially costly.  But what keeps us going, what gives us energy, is the hope that one day the debt will be “paid in full” and we’ll be able to live debt free!

 

But how about a debt we can never repay, even into eternity? That would be discouraging, debilitating, and deadly.  Such is the reality of the debt we owe to God for our sins against him.  

 

But thanks be to God! The Bible tells us that Jesus has done for us what we could never do for ourselves.  By the work of Christ in his life and his death on the cross, he has paid the price of justice that our sins have incurred.  Colossians 2:13-15 says, “He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross. And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.”

 

That was written to people who had put their faith in Jesus.  And what was true for them can be true for you as well.  Put your trust in Jesus Christ and live “debt free!”

 

 

Pastor Ryan Sarenpa

Warren Covenant Church