In Shakespeare’s play MacBeth, MacBeth comes to the court physician on behalf of Lady McBeth, whose heart has been pierced by the dagger of guilt over past sins. He says to the court physician, “Cure her of that. Her guilt, her misery, her despair, and her wretchedness. Cure her of that. Surely you can wipe that out of her memory. Surely you can erase the trouble that is written in her brain.” And the court physician replied, “The disease is beyond my practice.”
I am telling you that the disease of sin is beyond the practice of any man. You may go to your physician, counselor, or psychiatrist for all kinds of analysis, tranquilizers, and all kinds of ways of escaping, but there is no way they can take away your sin and cleanse you of the wrong that you have done. That disease is beyond their practice. Jesus Christ is the only one who can take away your sins. Until you come to him, you bear the burden and the responsibility of them.