The Degree of Apology and Our Sin Against God
Analogy★★★★If you walking out of the auditorium tonight accidentally step on somebody’s foot, you’re gonna say, I’m sorry, right? Do they know you stepped on their foot? Yeah, but you still say you’re sorry. That’s appropriate. Now, if you stomp on their foot, and you really hurt them, and you start to, you say, I am very sorry, because you really hurt them, right? If you knock them down by accident, then you help them up, and you say, I am so sorry, don’t call the lawyer, right? So notice this, the degree of harm dictates the degree of apology, Right? How much have we hurt God? Look at the cross, the sufferings of Christ, He took what you deserve. So get on your knees when you’re by yourself.
Batchelor, Doug, “The Law and the Lamb, Pt. 2” (AudioVerse teaching 43640).
The point
The preacher uses the analogy of apologizing for accidentally stepping on someone's foot, contrasting it with a more severe apology for stomping or knocking someone down. This illustrates that the degree of apology should match the degree of harm, leading to the question of how deeply we should apologize to God, given the immense harm our sins caused, as seen in Christ's suffering on the cross.