August 24, 2022 Daily Dose of Discernment

“What God has made clean, you must not call unclean.” (Acts 10:15)

Many years ago, I was taught, and I believed, that there is a limit to God’s restoration. That once a person goes beyond a certain point, His grace can no longer fully restore them. That if they sin to a certain degree, they may still be saved but so as through damaging, not purifying, fire. Like they survived an amputation. And if they die without repenting, which is the deadline, they’re beyond saving.

We cannot put a limit to God’s infinite goodness and mercy. His steadfast love never ceases and His mercies never come to an end. Nothing can separate us from that love, even death. Though our sins are as scarlet, He can make us white as snow. He gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. In Him, sinners become new creatures. This is who our God is, and since He is a God of justice, He makes all things right by making all things new.