Paid in Full

       There's a question now from a bank which says,"What's in your wallet?"  it is referring to a certain brand of credit card.  I can't remember when I got my first credit card.  My folks, as far as I know, never used a credit card even when we traveled from one place to another.  Dad always had the cash to pay for gas, motels and food and all of the souvenirs that we would need.  Somewhere along the line, I must have got that first card which I believe was a Sears and Roebuck revolving charge account, whatever that is.  Then, years later, I got my first Visa card but that's another story.  What did they do in Bible times when a debt was owed to someone else"   Philemon 1:18 says, "If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account;"  
         Paul made the preceding statement to Philemon in reference to his runaway slave, onessimus who had become a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ while in Rome.  Paul's statement would give us evidence that Paul was trusted by Philemon to make good any charge that Philemon would have put on his former slave.   As believers today, we love the illustration that Paul gives here because we look to the Lord Jesus Christ who has made the payment for our sins and when He said, "It is finished." it meant that our sins had been charged to His account.  We have heard many times that the little phrase uttered on the cross was meant to say, "It is paid in full."  If there is any doubt as to what He was referring to, it was the sin debt that had been paid in full on Calvary's cross.  That should excite you beyond measure.  A debt that you owed was paid in full by the Son of God, who owed you nothing.  He willingly went to the cross to pay that debt.  It was the plan of salvation.  God the Father had intended to be so.  He had set the wheels in motion a long, long time ago.  On a personal view, just think of going to the cash register to pay for your sins and hear the voice of the Son of God, saying, "Oh, charge that to my account."  So, the Bible declares that your payment was made.  That is a great thought since my account would be long ago overdrawn and not even able to pay the penalty for even one sin, let alone a life time of sin  Praise God today for the sending of His Son to die on the cross for our sins.  Jesus Paid it all.