...But God

Matthew 5 25-26

Creators & Guests

Host
Chad McBeam
Business Leader, Foster Advocate and Fighter of Human Trafficking, Chad enjoys hosting this podcast channel as a way to spread and highlight the great examples of those who live out their faith daily. He can also be seen on occasion on your TV or Film Screen or be heard narrating one of your books as his love of acting has stuck with him since his childhood.
Writer
Aaron Marcarelli
After getting his under-graduate degree from Cal State University San Bernardino where he played college baseball and received all American honors. he was a graduate assistant baseball coach at both Trevecca Nazarene College in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington.  He received his master’s degree in Teaching from Whitworth, with plans to someday be a head baseball coach at a university.  However, God had other plans.  Aaron started teaching English and History and coaching baseball and other sports at the high school level and found out how much he loves high school kids, and he has been doing that for the past 27 years.     Personally, heI has been married to his wife Sharon for 32 years, they have one daughter, Amanda Parrish, who has been married to Austin Parrish for 2 years. Aaron also has two grandsons Travis age 2 ½ and Aden who is 13 months and are blessed to have another on the way due in May. Aaron loves reading, golfing, and spending time with his wife and grandkids.
Designer
Linda Cowen
Linda Cowen of San Antonio Christian School is our gracious and talented art designer for the But God, weekday morning devotional series.

What is ...But God?

A weekday morning devotional series written by Aaron Marcarelli and hosted by Chad McBeam

“Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison. Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last quadrans.”
Matthew 5:25-26 NASB2020
Once again Jesus words have a double meaning. They are both literal and figurative.
The literal meaning of these verses are obvious. If you have debt pay it, or settle with your collector. Don’t let it go to court. The courts will always handle these issues more harshly.

The figurative part of this is perhaps less obvious. We all have the debt of sin to pay. There is no way we can pay the debt of sin. However, there has been settlement and our debt has been completely forgiven, all we have to do is accept this gift and follow the one who forgave us our debt. If we don’t accept this gift, we will be judged and the sentence will be eternal life in hell.
Yes, those are harsh words. But God speaks the truth in love. He has given us a way out. He has given us the free gift of grace which is the forgiveness of all our sins and eternal life with Him. It is only through Christ’s death, resurrection and ascension that we have received this incredible and undeserving gift.
Let us truly follow Him, by continually proclaiming this perfect gift of salvation, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit all may accept this free gift of grace and be freed from the debt and bondage of sin.
Lord, we thank you for your free and perfect gift of salvation. Thank you for forgiving us of our debts. Help us to forgive our debtors as well. Help us also to proclaim your blessings of forgiveness to others. So that they also may know the freedom of your grace. We pray all these things in your perfect and pleasing name! Amen…
Shalom Blessings and Press In and Press On!