29.11.08

The Incarnation of the Forgiving God

In Luke 7 : 48 the Man-Savior said to the woman, "Your sins have been forgiven." Both this case and the case of the widow's son in Nain (7:11-17) are found only in this Gospel.
This shows the Savior's tender care for the dead and sinful, and it conveys the principle of morality as the unique characteristic of this Gospel.
Verse 49 says, "And those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this who even forgives sins?" Simon did not realize that
this Man-Savior was the very God, the One who has authority to forgive man's sin. The Man-Savior was the incarnation of the forgiving God.

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