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God Has Forgiven You - Now It's Time To Forgive Yourself
by Irma Green There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus...." Stop beating yourself up about your past. 2 Corinthians 5:17 "Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." If you have repented of your sins, and taken them before the Lord, then you are forgiven. It's a shame that we continue to carry around guilt, shame, pain and sorrow for something we did that God has forgiven us for. God never bring up our past, only Satan does that. Satan is constantly reminding you of what you did in the past. But, God has put your past into the "Sea of Forgetfulness;" never to be remembered again. There is no excuse for us living with guilt when God offers us unconditional forgiveness and immediate spiritual rehabilitation for those who ask. So, why should we worry over a non-existing problem, once we are forgiven? Once we are forgiven, God never puts us back on a guilt trip. We do that ourselves. Your sins are forgiven, but if you don't forgive yourself for the mistakes you've made, you won't experience the breakthrough that you need to be totally free. Just think how your Heavenly Father feels when He looks down and sees His children walking around beating themselves up over things His Son shed His blood for, so that they could be forgiven and set free from? It is clear that failing to forgive ourselves from our past mistakes is denying the work of the cross and the shed blood of Jesus in our life. The word of God tells us that we've been washed clean with the Blood of Jesus, and our sins are removed through the atoning work that Jesus did for us. So, stop beating up on yourself about your past and forgive yourself - God has. Forgive yourself and get on with your new life. Rev. K. Irma Green, retired pastor; Lecturer/Bible Teacher, Spiritual Life Coach [email protected] Article Source: http://www.faithwriters.com |