I remember the time I was on a fishing trip with friends, and we decided to hike up into the mountains and go trout fishing. It was quite a hike, over five miles with many ups and downs, and climbing all the way.
Our friends that lived near there instructed us on what to take, and I volunteered to carry the backpack with the water and food and supplies. The climb became steep and the trail difficult, and because of the heavy backpack, I could not keep up.
One of my friends came back and said, “Let me carry the backpack.” Oh man, it felt so good to be relieved of that heavy back-pack. That experience reminds me of something in the Bible.
We all are carrying heavy backpacks. The Bible calls it sin, (Romans 3:23), and it weighs us down and separates us from God, (Romans 6:23).
When Jesus died on the cross, He personally took my sins and everyone else's, (1 Peter 2:24, 3:18; Revelation 1:5; Hebrews 9:28).
Jesus is the only one who has the right and authority to forgive sin; and if we ask Him, He will, ( Matthew 9:6; Mark 2:5;1 John 1:9; Luke 24:47).
See you in Church next Sunday.