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Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread":

Our local newspaper tells the harrowing story of a marital breakup in which the husband (and father of his 8 year old daughter) is trying to separate his wife from her family. His father-in-law and grandfather to the child sent her a doll as a gift. She loved it as any 8 year old girl would.

 

Then papa in his rage beheaded the doll, probably inspired by the beheadings in Iraq. The child was of course devastated. You can imagine how she felt watching this.

 

Now shift gears to ancient Israel. When the sinner would realize his guilt, he would come to the sanctuary to offer an innocent victim who would die in his stead for the sin. When he would ask the priest to slay the lamb or whatever he had brought, the priest would hand the sinner the knife, “You do it!” (cf. Lev. 1:3-5, 3:3, 4:4, 8:14, 15, etc.). Can you imagine how the sinner would feel doing this deed, especially if the lamb is a pet?

 

For us today, true and genuine repentance is not complete until we realize our part in the murder of Jesus Christ. WE took His innocent life. His blood was shed for US. “All the world” is guilty of slaying the Son of God (Rom. 3:19); that’s in a corporate sense.

 

Now when the sinner hears the truth, he realizes his own personal guilt. God has foretold in Zechariah 12:10-13:1 a repentance of the ages yet to come—“the spirit of prayer and of supplications” when we “look upon [Him] whom [we] have pierced.” Then at last will come the “cleansing”—not so much from guilt realized as from forgiveness realized. But the forgiveness can never be effective until the guilt is finally fully comprehended!

 

This gigantic task will be accomplished by the ministry of the true and genuine Holy Spirit. His primary work: convicting us of what we are ignorant of—sin (John 16:8).

Be sure to check your e-mail for "Dial Daily Bread" again tomorrow.

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