ABSOLUTE FAITH IN THE FORGIVENESS OF GOD

This is my first blog and under the inspiration of God i am publishing a series to help people struggling with sin or any addiction to know what is provided for them in Christ Jesus. kindly continue reading for your own edification.

 “The wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” and that is what Scripture says. What you deserve when you sin is the penalty of death but in contrast Jesus gives life. How could this be? 

This is possible because Christ came in as mortal man and having met all the requirements of the law that there was, died and used his own blood to pay the penalty of our sins. The first book of Timothy says great is the mystery of godliness; God was manifested in the flesh, sanctified by the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among men and believed on in the world. How God became man is mysterious. But the Spirit of God overshadowed the Virgin Mary and she conceived and gave birth to Jesus Christ. Since he was not conceived like any other person by the seed of a man but only that of the woman he didn’t inherit the sinful nature from Adam. More so, He was tempted in all ways but yet was without sin.

We see two things here; that he didn’t have that sinful nature. The blood that ran through his veins was pure and without the defect of sin. This is the kind of blood was acceptable on the heavenly altar. That is the only sacrifice that could please the Father and thus cause him to receive us back unto Himself as His own. Secondly, He overcame all the temptations that a man can possibly be tempted with and yet was without sin. God made He who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. If He was able to overcome in such a way then He is the best to teach and provide a solution to the many temptations that send us into sin.

We are saved by grace through faith and not by works. All that was needed to be done was fulfilled by the Lord Jesus Christ. We couldn’t in any way do them that is why in the fullness of time the godly died for the ungodly. The sin of the world was laid upon him on the cross. And here note the word sin and not sins. The word sin used here represents the sinful nature, that which causes us to commit sins. He nailed it on the cross. He did it in our place so that by believing in his vicarious death it becomes our portion. So therefore the way of salvation is simple, Romans 10:10 if we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead we shall be saved. For with the heart we believe and are justified and with the mouth we confess and are saved. That is how we were saved and one does not become more saved by doing any extra thing. 

We are saved by grace. You may regret and repent of all your wrong doings but in essence you have to believe in your heart the Lordship of Jesus Christ and confess with your mouth that he died for your sins and not only that, he rose up for you. It is as simple as that but very effective. The Lord has made it that by our words we would be accused and by our words we would be acquitted. What you say forms the basis of judgment. Therefore by simply doing what Romans 10:10 says to do you are justified and God accepts it that way without any other ritual. For those who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.

We can have absolute confidence in the forgiveness of God. God forgives and he forgives every sin because it is in his hands to do so. How would I know that God has forgiven me? This is a question that is very important to many people. Now let us consider this. When you have truly wronged your mum or dad and you come and plead for forgiveness you expect to be forgiven. The only way you know that you mum or dad has forgiven is when he makes a pronouncement that ‘I have forgiven you’. We then go on knowing that indeed we have been forgiven. 

It is the same with God. He says if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 When we have confessed our sins God’s faithfulness and justice is called to book. God is faithful and just and anyone who meets the requirements of his statutes he does not deny justice. He is no respecter of persons and does not show favoritism or partiality as normal humans will do. No matter how grave your sin is when you have believed in your heart and confessed them he forgives without delay or postponement.

You see, God does not put your confession on hold pending investigation or observation. He does not forgive you half-way so that when you have cried and cried then he forgives you fully; no, absolutely not. You know he has forgiven you because his word says so. Now this is interesting, by his justice he does not only forgive our sins but cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Anything that does not give us right standing with God is also taken away. Oh what a great thing to know that God does all these things for us even when we didn’t deserve them. Since the penalty of sin has been paid for he looks upon Christ and does these things free of charge for us.

It is his grace, mercy and love that bring us all these benefits. God is love. In 1 Cor. 13:5 scripture says love keeps no record of wrong. If this is so then God would be unjust to keep a record of all our wrongs committed against him. But he himself is love and thus does not keep record of wrongs. If you confess your sins be sure that God has forgiven you and that he keeps no record of them at all.

God has so exalted his word above all his names so that if you come to God with his word He is absolutely bound to do exactly as He said. Trust in the Lord with all your heart to overcome sin because his word says so.