FORGIVENESS

Psalm 130:3-4 (AmpBible) “If You, Lord, should keep account of and treat us according to our sins, O Lord, who could stand? But there is forgiveness with You … that You may be reverently feared and worshiped ….”

God doesn’t keep a count of wrongs. God doesn’t remember our sins against us once we have sought forgiveness. Scripture tells us in Psalm 103:12 not only that He removes our “transgressions from us” , but removes them “as far as the east is from the west”. I have heard it said that it is as if God places our sins in the one place a person cannot reach … in between the shoulder blades.

Isaiah 43:25 (NIV) “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.”

This is done so that He receives all glory. No one else in existence can do what Almighty God, the Creator of all that exists, can do. Scripture tells us that He is no respecter of persons (Acts 10:34) … in other words, what He does for one, He will do for all. This act of mercy does not allow us to continue sinning, for we are expected to be changed by this gracious act and not view it as a shower which we dry off from and then go about our business as nothing has happened to us. It is meant to humble us. For who can forgive on an eternal scale but God? Pastors and Priests are mere conduits to the forgiving power of God. They have no forgiving power and authority on their own.

We are to revere and worship our God. He has done fearful and wonderful things on our behalf. In the OT, God had man use the blood of goats and lambs to COVER the sins of His people. In the NT, He used the blood of His own Son to REMOVE sin completely and totally. As bleach removes an ugly stain from clothing, so Christ’s blood removes the ugly stain left by sin. And we must turn from it; do a 180 and walk away from it, that it not call to you again; causing you to fall into the same sin you had already been forgiven for. Progress. We must strive to make progress in our walk with God.

Discipleship is a progressive act. When saved we become members of God’s family, however, it is only through continuous, deliberate effort that we become more like the Christ we seek to emulate. Just as an athlete must hone his God given talent to become the best that he can be, so the Christian must hone his spiritual talents.

Do not become lazy, complacent, and weary of doing good. It’s an easy place to reside. I fight it all the time. Seek the face of God and do that which is right in His sight. It is what we have been called to do. You want to know His will for you? That is a huge part of it. Do that and the rest will become crystal clear.

WALK WITH THE KING TODAY AND BE A BLESSING!!