True forgiveness
Imagine spilling red dye on a white carpet. You can wipe it up, but no amount of scrubbing will remove the stain.
It is good and right to ask people we’ve hurt for forgiveness.
But even they aren’t able to completely remove our guilt.
There is only One who can cleanse us from a lifetime of accumulated sins.
To people who have made a mess of their lives, who have hurt others, who are haunted by mistakes, God’s Word says: