Today I’m going into a topic which I don’t normally like to dwell on a great deal; and that is sin. However, in order to build up high, we first need to dig very low. We read in Psalm 25, verse 11, “For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.” (NIV) The reason that God forgives our iniquity is because of his character; because of who he is. However, there’s even more to it. I really like the way that the ESV puts the second line of this verse. It has, “pardon my guilt, for it is great.” That is the reason our sins need forgiveness – because they are so great. It’s not something that we can fix up through some other actions, or set up a payment plan to pay off our crimes. It’s like we’re trying to pay off the $35 trillion national debt of the United States, and all we have is the savings in our piggy bank. J.C. Ryle describes this situation using the phrase “the exceeding sinfulness of sin.” Sometimes we fail to fully grasp how exceedingly sinful si...