Saved by Love
Dear Reader, So often we hear about God's salvation and mercy. But why did God need to show mercy to us and why do we need salvation? What do we need to be saved from? Before we start I would like to consider a piece of Scripture in Luke 7:36-47: An immoral woman brought an expensive alabaster flask with oil to anoint Jesus' feed. She wept as she wiped his feet with her hair and kissed his feet. A Pharisee was indignant that Jesus would receive this affection by such a "sinner." Jesus responds in verse 47: “I tell you, her sins—and they are many—have been forgiven, so she has shown me much love. But a person who is forgiven little shows only little love.” For a large part of my life, I didn't realise how much God has forgiven me for. I felt like I have done quite well and that there was "little" to forgive. My heart was often like that of the Pharisee: I took pleasure in my spiritual performance and I didn't think God had to forgive me for "a