Courage | Evangelism | Forgiveness | Grace | Justification

FORGIVENESS
At my church, after the prayer of confession and the assurance of pardon the worship leader says, “In Christ’s name, you are forgiven” and the congregation responds, “In Christ’s name, you are forgiven.” One of the mothers of the church shared her embarrassment with me when she discovered her 5 year old son at the local super market going from shopper to shopper proclaiming, “In Christ’s name, you are forgiven.” The children seem to always get it right. That is exactly where Christ’s forgiveness should be proclaimed. If Jesus were among us today that is probably where he would be, not at church but at the market. Perhaps the church would do better if rather than being embarrassed by our children, we learned from them.