I am so glad that I have a heavenly Father who will forgive me and cleanse me. We are told all through the Bible that if we confess our sins, God will forgive us. How many times have we had someone tell us they didn't know if they could forgive someone who had hurt them? We are told to forgive others just as God has forgiven us.
Matthew; 6:12
(And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.)
So what is being said here? We are asking God to forgive us and telling Him that we have forgiven others. Now if you do not forgive others, how can you expect God to forgive you when you aren't obeying Him.
Matthew; 6:14-15
("For if you forgive others for their transgressions, you heavenly Father will also forgive you. "But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions.)
This is not to say that God will withdraw your free pardon from sin that was given to you when you believed in Jesus Christ. Believers are to confess our sins daily in order to receive day to day cleansing. It is like the washing of our feet as compared to a bath. The cleansing that Christ does at salvation never needs to be repeated, atonement is complete at that point. We just need to be washed daily because of the defilement of daily sin. Now you may say that you are not sinning, but what does the Scripture?
1John; 1:8
(If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.)
Just because you have given your life to Jesus, doesn't mean that you will never sin again. Unfortunately, we live in a fallen world prone to sinning, and we will sin again. But our sins have been forgiven, past, present, and future sins. Now that is not a licence to continue sinning. We are to stop living in the flesh and live by the Spirit. We are to yield to the Holy Spirit and let Him be in control of our life. If we do, He will help us win the battle against sin.
Confession of sin characterizes genuine Christians, and God continually cleanses those who are confessing.
1John; 1:9
(If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.)
We are all sinners and in need of cleansing and forgiveness. Thank Jesus that we can have this forgiveness from God.
Ephesians; 4:32
(And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ Jesus forgave you.)
Colossians; 2:8-9
(And you, being dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He has made alive together with Him, having forgiven you all trespasses, having wiped out the handwriting
of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.)
We need to continually confess our sins so that we can have daily cleansing. We also need to thank Jesus for going to the cross to die in our place. Our sins were nailed on the cross that day with Jesus and He paid the price for us. Now we can have forgiveness of sins through Him.
God Bless You!
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