You Have Judged Rightly

Luke 7:41-43 (ESV)
⁴¹ "A certain moneylender had two debtors. One owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.
⁴² When they could not pay, he cancelled the debt of both. Now which of them will love him more?"
⁴³ Simon answered, "The one, I suppose, for whom he cancelled the larger debt." And he said to him, "You have judged rightly."

Jesus tries to speak to the heart of this Pharisee. To relate to the man and for the man to relate to what He was about to say, He opened with a worldly example of logic and mercy. He had to start where the man was to speak of the mercy of God, which defies the logic of this world. Is this not why the Son of God came? He came to where we are to take us to where we belong: with Him.

Simon gave the right answer to this question, but the ultimate question of God is still to come and it is one we all have to answer: “Do you believe?” How wonderful it will be to hear Him say of our answer, “You have judged rightly”.