forgiven

Given April 11, 2013

Are you being reminded and bothered by sins you committed in the past? Do the bad things you did in the past keep coming up in your mind and making you feel guilty all over again? You know, Jesus will forgive you for those things and He won’t remember them anymore. In fact, we recently celebrated Jesus taking your sins into Himself, dying with them, then defeating death and the grave setting you free from your past sin. You can be free! If you’ve already asked Him to forgive you, be assured that He HAS and if you bring the matter up, He might say, “What are you talking about? That’s already been taken care of.”

There was a song from the 70s by the Speer Family that said, “What sins are you talking about? I don’t remember them anymore.” Psalm 103:12 says, “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.” You are free from your past sin IF you’ve accepted Jesus’ sacrifice. Micah 7:19 reminds us, “He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.”

Remember the woman caught in the act of adultery in John 8? She was brought and thrown at Jesus’ feet and she was guilty of a crime for which the penalty was stoning to death. She didn’t even ask for forgiveness but Jesus took up for her; He stood up for her. He told those ready to throw stones, “If you haven’t sinned, go ahead and throw your rock.” They all left because they all had sinned. When they had all gone, Jesus asked the woman where her accusers were. I imagine she might have said, “No one is accusing me now, Sir.” Then Jesus said, “I’m not accusing you either, (I forgive you), BUT go and don’t sin anymore.” I’ve given you your life so don’t go back to your past sins. You are free!

Today, we can all be free of our past whether it was years ago or just this morning. “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). Do it now! Jesus is waiting just for you.

Given November 29, 2009

We’ve all received these mailings from companies teasing us with “Pre-approved”, “0%”, and “Free Gift”, all trying to lure us into their camp. Some of the hooks are pretty interesting but I got one recently that really caught my attention. It said, “Pre-Forgiven”. It was from an insurance company offering to forgive me for an accident in my future with tagline, “Open to find out how. *”. Notice the asterisk? There must be a catch to it, look out!

As with many things lately, my mind immediately thinks of something spiritual in this. Pre-forgiven…..hmmm… “I am writing to you who are God’s children because your sins have been forgiven through Jesus.” 1 John 2:12. Yes that’s right, our sins have already been forgiven by the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. We ARE pre-forgiven. But let us not miss the key, we have to accept that forgiveness. We have to open the Word of God to, “find out how”and there’s no catch to it; it’s available and we just have to accept it. “..whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Acts 2:21.

But there is a warning the apostle Paul gives us, “What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?” Romans 6:1-2. The fact that we are pre-forgiven does not give us the freedom to go on sinning depending on the grace of God to keep on forgiving us. That’s the wrong attitude. So open that envelope, (the Bible), and find out how you are “Pre-forgiven”.

You might be interested in another take on this topic from the blog of Emily-Sarah Lineback at: http://whitlineink.com/lifeinfirstperson/?p=518&cpage=1.

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