BEING FORGIVEN
1 John
1:5-10
Devotional:- “If we
confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse
us from all unrighteousness” (v. 9) NKJV.
One of the
strongest weapons of the enemy against human confidence is condemnation and
fear. And these are products of the feelings of not being forgiven. Nothing
weakens the human conscience like guilt (Proverbs 28:1). No matter how strong a
man is, a guilty conscience will make him a vegetable in the face of his
enemies. He will always submit to the enemy. He/she will always look down on
himself/herself.
I would like to let
you know that a new man and woman in Christ have a heritage of forgiveness in
Christ Jesus. Don’t let anyone break your confidence or destroy your emotions.
I once counselled a sister who kept growing skinny daily because she was told
that God could never forgive her again. See, God is not a man. This is the
reason Jesus died on the cross. He shed His precious blood for the remission of
our sins (Hebrews 9:22).
Anytime we sin, we
should repent and confess our sins to God. We should ask for our cleansing by
the blood (Hebrews 9:21; 1 John 1:9). God’s word says we shall be immediately
forgiven, and clean by the precious blood of Jesus. This is not a liberty for
sin but the license to our liberty in Christ Jesus. See, your God is not like
men. Have you confessed those sins to God? Please genuinely repent of them. And
now you are forgiven. Jump up in joy as a person forgiven. Jesus gave the
parable of the prodigal son to teach us the attitude of God toward us as a
forgiving father (Luke 15:11-24). Jesus demonstrated this on the cross (Luke
23:34). Don’t be tied down in the unforgiven. Since you repent and ask for
forgiveness, you are free. See, to God, there is no bigger sin, sin is sin. It
is men who rate sins. If the thief on the cross could find forgiveness, please
find yours.
PRAYER: LORD,
I THANK YOU THAT YOU FORGIVE ME; HELP ME TO LIVE FOR YOU FOREVER.
“THE REAL UNPARDONABLE
SIN IS TO REJECT THE MERCY OF GOD”
