"Like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be recovered, so we must die. But God does not take away life; instead, he devises ways so that a banished person may not remain estranged from him." - 2 Samuel 14:14 -
I learned that God values our life despite of the things that we have done that produces guilt. He will do anything so that we will go back to Him when we are driven away with guilt.
"If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared." - Psalm 130:3-4 -
Lord, despite of all our sins, you have forgiven us already and you do not keep a record of wrongs.
The Lord is a forgiving God. We must learn to let go of unneeded guilt for we know that God has already forgiven us.
The Lord is a forgiving God. We must learn to let go of unneeded guilt for we know that God has already forgiven us.
"Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death." - Romans 8:1-2 -
How blessed we are to know that through Jesus Christ, we are free from the law of sin and death. We are not condemned for God's Spirit lives in us and has covered all our sins.
"And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." - 1 Corinthians 6:11 -
Once we turn to God willingly, He washes and sanctifies us. He does not keep a record of our past wrong doings and we are being renewed each day of our lives so that we will grow closer to Him. He forgives us and puts hope in us. To keep on hoping in the Lord until the day comes. How immense and vast God's forgiveness is. That despite of all our sins and wrong doings in the past, if we turn to Him, He embraces us and covers us with love. Just like the prodigal son, after a life of wasting away, when we go to Him, He doesn't become angry or makes us go away, but instead, He runs back to us and celebrates because His lost child is now found. There is more rejoicing in heaven for one lost soul to return to God than many saints who are already in the Lord.
"In him and through faith in him we may approach God with freedom and confidence." - Ephesians 3:12 -
We have freedom and confidence to approach God despite of our sins because of these things. Because we know that God is a forgiving God who gives us hope in continually doing what is good in His eyes despite of past mistakes. Free from guilt and past sons and the confidence to go on because we know that God is with us.
"...let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." - Hebrews 10:22-23 -
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