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What God Sees When we are Forgiven

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:09:09 +0000

God sees the things we are doing right rather than the things we are doing wrong. God is on our side. He has good things in store for those who love him. His goodness extends toward his children in great measure.

Colossians 1:22
But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation.

Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”

When we have dedicated our lives to the Lord and live with a repentant heart towards him, God sees us holy pure and blameless in his sight. All of the bad is whipped away from his sight and his plans to prosper us start working in our lives.

The Forgiveness of God

The Forgiveness of God

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:38:41 +0000

Be assured that when we truly repent and turn from our sinful ways that God forgives our wrongdoing and forgets about the awful things we have done.

Psalms 103:12
As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.

Colossians 1:21-23
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation— if you continue in your faith, established and firm, not moved from the hope held out in the gospel.

In the Book of Romans the eighth chapter says that there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ. This means that the guilt that looms over us when we have sinned has no place in our lives when we truly turn and ask for the Lord’s forgiveness. Once we have repented, he cleanses and purifies our spirits and we get to start over…holy, pure and blameless in his sight.

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Some People Claim to be Christians But Are They Really Saved

admin — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:31:17 +0000

A few years ago I was on a street ministry team. Every other Friday night we would go somewhere in our city to witness to strangers about the things of God. Oftentimes, we would sit and speak with people who would be plastered drunk, cursing, smoking, and obviously living a life filled with sin. Many of them would profess that Jesus was their best friend.

How would people live if they have truly surrendered their lives to Jesus?

2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!

1 John 3:9
No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God’s seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God.

Galatians 5:19-21
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

One night one of the street team ministry participants asked me: “These people who claim to be saved yet live a life filled with sin, are they really saved?”

I replied: “Only God will decide who will and will not enter into heaven for eternity. The one thing I do know though is that if Jesus comes into our lives, then Jesus should be flowing through us and coming out of our lives.”

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God’s Mercies are New Every Morning

admin — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:35:04 +0000

Lamentations 3:22-23
Because of the LORD’S great love, we are not consumed- for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

The King James Version says God’s mercies are new every morning. The beautiful thing about God is that his forgiveness is available any time of the day. Psalms 100:5 says: “For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting.” Because it is everlasting, it may be found at the beginning of each new day or in the moment we choose to repent.
Hebrews 4:6 says: “Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”

His mercy and grace are waiting for us every moment of the day. When we fall into sin, we get on our knees before the Lord, repent and ask for his forgiveness. If we stumble a thousand times, we can come boldly, without shame, to the throne of our loving heavenly Father and receive new mercies every morning and every moment of the day.