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    The document discusses the concept of forgiveness through the analogy of a "liar's club" where the author would take the blame for misdeeds even if innocent. It then draws a parallel to how Jesus, though innocent, took the blame, punishment, and death for humanity's sins on the cross as a substitute. The author reflects on how Jesus' sacrifice through love applies to all people, as we are all guilty and in need of a savior who can innocently smile and take our punishment by bearing our sins on the cross.

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    The document discusses the concept of forgiveness through the analogy of a "liar's club" where the author would take the blame for misdeeds even if innocent. It then draws a parallel to how Jesus, though innocent, took the blame, punishment, and death for humanity's sins on the cross as a substitute. The author reflects on how Jesus' sacrifice through love applies to all people, as we are all guilty and in need of a savior who can innocently smile and take our punishment by bearing our sins on the cross.

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    The document discusses the concept of forgiveness through the analogy of a "liar's club" where the author would take the blame for misdeeds even if innocent. It then draws a parallel to how Jesus, though innocent, took the blame, punishment, and death for humanity's sins on the cross as a substitute. The author reflects on how Jesus' sacrifice through love applies to all people, as we are all guilty and in need of a savior who can innocently smile and take our punishment by bearing our sins on the cross.

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    The Liars Club

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    The document discusses the concept of forgiveness through the analogy of a "liar's club" where the author would take the blame for misdeeds even if innocent. It then draws a parallel to how Jesus, though innocent, took the blame, punishment, and death for humanity's sins on the cross as a substitute. The author reflects on how Jesus' sacrifice through love applies to all people, as we are all guilty and in need of a savior who can innocently smile and take our punishment by bearing our sins on the cross.

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    Topic: Forgiveness

    The Liar’s Club


    My parents called it “the meeting of the liar’s club.” Whenever something happened in my childhood home and no
    one would claim responsibility, my parents would line the four siblings up to try and find out whom the guilty party
    was. None of us would “tell” on each other, but more often than not, I would break into a smile. I couldn’t help
    myself. Even though I wasn’t often responsible for the misdeed, I shouldered the blame because my smile made
    me look guilty.”

    One of my favorite Mercy’s Well songs is called “On My


    Cross.” The lyrics to the chorus say, “Those were my nails
    …that was my crown that pierced your hands, and your brow. ...
    And just as you said it would be, you did it all for me…. You
    took my shame, my blame, on my cross.” And why did He do
    that: because He loves me.”

    Jesus takes the blame for my sins. The nails driven through his hands were deserved by me. The lashings he
    endured should have been endured by me. Because of his love for me, (as the songs says), “He did it all for me. He
    took it all on my cross.” Did you catch whose cross it was? It was mine, and he substituted himself for me.

    In my lair’s club analogy I cannot claim that I was


    innocent and thus wrongly accused. In our communion
    liturgy it is said, “Those who claim we are without sin, the truth
    is not in us” (1 John 1:8). I stand before God, guilty of
    many sins. Jesus was the only innocent one that will
    have ever lived. Yet, it was Jesus who took on my sins
    and He went to my cross for me. As the song says,
    “You took my shame and my blame, on the cross.” “And you did it all for me.”

    Our pastor often says, if I was the only one who sinned and fell short of the glory of God, Jesus would have
    sacrificed himself for me. Just me. But, it is not just for me. It is much broader than
    that. “On My Cross” says it so well. The opening line starts out, “How wide is your
    love that you would stretch your arms, and go around the world.” I invite you to join the
    liar’s club, too. Line us all up before the judge. We’re all guilty and in need of a Savior.
    Jesus will innocently smile that “guilty smile” and take our punishment. His love is as
    wide as the world. It is your cross, too.

    Scripture: For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to
    God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit (1 Peter 3:18).

    Question: If you repent, do you believe Jesus will take on your sins?

    Prayer: Heavenly Father. We sin every day. Try as hard as we can, we still fall short. We thank you for the
    sacrifice of your Son Jesus Christ, so that we might live. Amen.

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