The White-Robed Man

For there is no difference; ²³ for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ²⁴ being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ²⁵ whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness…(Rom 3:22b-25a)

Imagine yourself covered in dirt and grime on your knees deep in garbage and sewage. Your body is covered in chains and your hands and feet are shackled. You're on a wooden dock and you're encircled by people standing about 6 feet from you. Hovering over you is your Dark Slave Owner. He owns you and he is not interested in selling you but he just wants to put you on display. You have spent your whole life under the power of the Dark Slave Owner that you just assume that your life is meant to be this way. You don't even realize that you are covered in filth.

Along comes a Man in a White Robe walking with His Father. The White-Robed Man looks at you and you are drawn to His eyes which seem to say, "I Love you and I have called you to be with Me." But, you don't know what to do. You finally understand that your life is not what it should be and want so much for the White-Robed Man to purchase you and free you from the Dark Slave Owner. You look into the eyes of the White-Robed Man and say, "I'm so sorry. Please. Save Me."

The White-Robed Man turns to His Father and asks, "How much will it cost to purchase him?" His Father says, "The price is very high. He can only be bought with blood." The Dark Slave Owner sneers and hisses as he speaks. "The blood of goats and rams will not suffice."

"He's right", the Father says. "Only Royal blood will purchase the lost. Only Your blood, My Son can purchase his soul." The Father continues, "it will cost You everything, My Son. It will require Your life." The White-Robed Man looks once again at you and with a love you have never known before and with His Eyes still fixed on you, He says to His Father, "I have loved him with an everlasting love. Father, let My blood be shed for his life." Then to you He says, "I Love you" and He spread his arms wide open.

The Dark Slave Owner laughs triumphantly. The White-Robed Man is dead. But, his victory is short-lived for the White-Robed Man has returned and His Precious Blood is the price for your freedom. His blood has washed you clean. You stand up and the chains are loosed. The shackles fall off. The dirt and grime is removed and for the first time in your life, you can walk away from garbage and sewage. The Dark Slave Owner is angry. He has lost you. He can't stand the sight of the White-Robed Man's blood. He was right. The blood of goats and rams would not suffice. But, the blood of the White-Robed Man was everlasting covering the sins of everyone. The price has been paid.

You gets your legs back and you walk, no you run, to the White-Robed Man and wrap your arms around His feet never wanting to let go. He reached down and picks you up. He presents you to His Father and says to His Father, "For this one I have died. For this one, I have given it all." Then the White-Robed Man removes His robe and places it around your shoulders. It is a robe of righteousness. "Father," he says, "welcome your new child." And the Father gladly accepts you as His own.

You reach into the pocket of the robe and there is a piece of paper and on it are all the sins you have committed. Stamped across the paper with the blood of the White-Robed Man are the words "Paid in Full."

Paid in Full and that’s the word of The Day