Voice of the Day: Mary Anna Vidakovich on Forgiveness and Salvation. | Sojourners

Voice of the Day: Mary Anna Vidakovich on Forgiveness and Salvation.

We all readily agree that God forgives sin, that Jesus brought salvation from sin, but we have a very hard time seeing ourselves as those who need forgiveness and salvation. We watch the evening news or read the newspaper and decide that we really are not so bad after all; the things we may have done-may have done!-are not anything compared to what other people are doing.... We will never have an accurate picture of ourselves and our fallen human condition until we understand that there is no sin we are incapable of committing.... [But] God has come to bring the people the knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins. We are forgiven as soon as we grasp the fact that we need forgiveness.

- Mary Anna Vidakovich
Sing to the Lord

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