Forgiveness:
Forgiveness of sins: Acts 10:43
43 “Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”
Again we have the significance of
believing in His name. Through this we receive forgiveness of sins. It doesn’t
say that we have to do anything else to receive this forgiveness. We don’t have
to earn this forgiveness. It is not by our labors, but by His one-time
substitutionary death in our place. We deserve to die for our sins, but He took
our place. We don’t have to keep asking forgiveness for all the sins we
committed before we made Jesus Lord of our lives. However, whenever we sin
after becoming Christians, we do have to ask forgiveness for those sins.
If you could hear God speak, I believe this is what He would
say:
"You
have forgiveness of sins, My children. When you were in the world, you had no
forgiveness. But now, you have come unto Me and have believed in Me. Through
this you truly have forgiveness … not as the world forgives … for those of the
world many times hold onto grudges, though they say they forgive. I truly
forgive and cast them into the sea. I do not hold them against you, but truly
forgive you. Do not fear that I will bring them back. When I remove them, they
do not return.”
6. Through His work on
the cross, I have forgiveness of sins.
God has many things
destined for us to receive. However, we cannot receive any of them until we ask
Jesus to come into our lives and take control. We cannot experience the
fulfilling life of a believer until we are a believer. This book is written for
those who have received Jesus as Lord of their lives. If you have not, you can
right now.
Tell Jesus that you are sorry for
all the wrong things that you have done. Thank Him that He died on the cross so
that you would not have to pay the penalty for doing those sinful things. Ask
Him to come into your life and to take complete control. Thank Him by faith
that He did come in.
You may or may not feel something.
Different people have different experiences. He said He would come in, if you
asked. Trust Him to do what He said He would do. The feelings will come later,
if not now.
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