Are you struggling with some past sins. Many people do not have mastery over their past sins. Although they have sought forgiveness from God, they still feel emotional each time they remember it.
All of us have something in our past which we needed to repent. Some individuals could seemingly go through life without looking back, having repented of their sins. Others who have committed equally grave sins and experienced the same forgiveness find themselves unable to forget. Why is that so? Psychologists believed it has got to do with the sensitivity and the make-up of their personality. Perhaps the cause may be due to their low self-esteem or worth. The person often feels that he or she is too “evil” to be forgiven. Or could it be our “pride” or Satan’s tactics to cause the person to think that “How could it ever happen to me?”
All of us struggle in life. But if our past sins bring us misery, then I want you to know that God can help us to put our past in its right perspective. Even though we may not necessary forget the awful thing we did in the past, we will not be emotionally overwhelmed by it, because we have experienced the joy of “real forgiveness: from God. It is possible to remember a negative event without reliving it.
Despite our past, we must move forward as a forgiven man, knowing that God does not remember a sin that has been forgiven. If God is not holding it against us, then why should we?
Heb 10:7 “..Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more”
1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins”.
Psalm 86:5 – “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.”
Psalm 103:3 -“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases”
All of us have something in our past which we needed to repent. Some individuals could seemingly go through life without looking back, having repented of their sins. Others who have committed equally grave sins and experienced the same forgiveness find themselves unable to forget. Why is that so? Psychologists believed it has got to do with the sensitivity and the make-up of their personality. Perhaps the cause may be due to their low self-esteem or worth. The person often feels that he or she is too “evil” to be forgiven. Or could it be our “pride” or Satan’s tactics to cause the person to think that “How could it ever happen to me?”
All of us struggle in life. But if our past sins bring us misery, then I want you to know that God can help us to put our past in its right perspective. Even though we may not necessary forget the awful thing we did in the past, we will not be emotionally overwhelmed by it, because we have experienced the joy of “real forgiveness: from God. It is possible to remember a negative event without reliving it.
Despite our past, we must move forward as a forgiven man, knowing that God does not remember a sin that has been forgiven. If God is not holding it against us, then why should we?
Heb 10:7 “..Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more”
1 John 1:9 – “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins”.
Psalm 86:5 – “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.”
Psalm 103:3 -“Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases”
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