JOY IN FORGIVING

"Will God forgive me?" Is a question that trouble many people today. The world is behind people and places for their deliverance from sin and curse without knowing that there is someone who has shed His blood for them. Here is the good news! All the blood in the body of Jesus was shed for you and me. Yeah!! Every drop! Atonement for sin requires the shedding of blood. The blood of Jesus is the fountain of salvation. His sinless, precious blood was shed as the propitiation for our sins. He is the only one who has the right to forgive the sins of the world.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. (1 John 1:9).
To be forgiven one must be ready to confess. If we truly repent, Jesus forgives all our sins and His blood cleanses all our dirtiness. Accept Jesus as your savior and believe that your sins are forgiven through His sacrifice. God loves us so much that He made the condition so simple-'BELIEVE'. You dont have to feel guilty about your past sins. Jesus paid it all on the cross. You are a new creation!
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (2 Corinthians 5:17).
He remembers our sin nomore.
As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. (Psalm 103:12).

We have power over sin because Jesus paid the ransom. All we owe now is "our faith that makes love others"(Galatians 5:6). Its important to forgive others as we have been forgiven by the blood of Jesus.
And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you. (Ephesians 4:32).
As Martin Luther King said, "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that".
Forgiveness is not always easy. At times it feels more painful than the wound we suffered, to forgive the one who inflicted it. And yet, there is no peace without forgiveness. Let us have the love of Christ in us. Nothing compares to the joy and peace that comes into our hearts when we forgive others. Let us never judge people by saying what they did was wrong, for we have countless shortcomings in us.

The forgiveness we have received is priceless. We are certainly undeserving. Even though we have nothing good to repay for all that Jesus has done to us, let us try our best to imitate Him in our lives. Though we cannot die for Him, we can die to ourselves and live this one life for Him! For Him alone!! Amen!
~Blessed Christian.