Proverbs 22:7
"Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender."
Last Saturday night, on the way back home from Hartsville, me and my wife were listening to one of our favorite radio talk shows on 99.7 WTN. It is called "Handel on the Law" with Bill Handel a lawyer from California. People call in with all kinds of legal problems and Bill typically answers their questions in literally 10 or 15 seconds. That is how good he is. Anyways, a lady called in and said that her and her family were partners in a business that recently went under and she wanted to know how she could get out of paying for all the businesses' debts. Well, Bill told her should couldn't if she had signed papers personally guaranteeing loans that the business took out.
The reality is this lady just couldn't understand the concept of the borrower is servant or slave to the lender. She signed her freedom away when she signed the note for the loan. Now she regrets her decison and wants instant forgiveness. Instead, she must live with her decision and repay the debt. This is similar to when we sin and want God to forgive us instantly. But sometimes God makes us live out the consequences of our sin just like this lady is going to have to by paying back this loan over many years.
"Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender."
Last Saturday night, on the way back home from Hartsville, me and my wife were listening to one of our favorite radio talk shows on 99.7 WTN. It is called "Handel on the Law" with Bill Handel a lawyer from California. People call in with all kinds of legal problems and Bill typically answers their questions in literally 10 or 15 seconds. That is how good he is. Anyways, a lady called in and said that her and her family were partners in a business that recently went under and she wanted to know how she could get out of paying for all the businesses' debts. Well, Bill told her should couldn't if she had signed papers personally guaranteeing loans that the business took out.
The reality is this lady just couldn't understand the concept of the borrower is servant or slave to the lender. She signed her freedom away when she signed the note for the loan. Now she regrets her decison and wants instant forgiveness. Instead, she must live with her decision and repay the debt. This is similar to when we sin and want God to forgive us instantly. But sometimes God makes us live out the consequences of our sin just like this lady is going to have to by paying back this loan over many years.
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