Tuesday, December 16, 2014

You Are Forgiven

The Bible teaches us to repent and confess our sins to God. By faith, take the promise of God that you are truly forgiven. Sometime people continue to punish themselves for their wrongdoing, but that's not the will of God. Jesus took the punishment for your sins at the cross.

You bring glory to God's grace when you receive the promise of forgiveness from your heavenly Father. You realize that you cannot undo what you have done, but God is faithful and just to forgive you and cleanse you from all sin.

A man committed a terrible sin 25 years ago. Although he believed God had forgiven all of his other sins, he couldn't accept forgiveness for this one sin. He confessed it to God, but he still felt guilty. He went to his pastor with the same confession. His pastor called his attention to the promise of God's forgiveness in the Bible. Yet, he left the pastor that day with the same guilt.

The man's problem was unbelief, that God would forgive him of that sin. Later, his pastor asked him to confess such unbelief as sin. Immediately, the assurance came that God had even forgiven him of that terrible sin. God's will is to forgive the believer of all sin. Believe the good news. You are forgiven.

"If we confess our sins,
He is faithful and just 
to forgive us our sins,
and to cleanse us 
from  all unrighteousness."

1 John 1:9