The power and joy of God’s forgiveness..
The power of God’s forgiveness
Jhn 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
The Bible tells us in the book of Genesis that we humans are made in the image of God. This helps to explain why we are so different to the animal world unlike the way the religion of evolution would try to teach us.
For one thing we have this amazing capacity to feel guilt and shame. I have never observed such traits in the animal kingdom like hearing a dog say sorry to the cat for chasing him up the tree!
Such powerful and deep emotions live inside us making us unique in God’s creation.
But when we live in disobedience to the way God designed for us to live and we do the wrong thing, say the wrong thing, things that we later regret where we have caused hurt or harm to some one, especially those close to us! We load up with more guilt.
But God gave us a gift that is one of the most wonderful things you could ever accept.
When we receive God’s grace and His forgiveness for our sins it frees us from our past failures and wrongdoings because God wipes away our list of failures, the hurts we have done to others and all of those actions, words and deeds resulting in us carrying around a world of guilt and shame deep within our hearts. To be forgiven by God surely is one of the most beautiful things I have ever known and experienced. To be free from my past sins is heaven on earth.
Now that I am a Christian, God has given me now the most wonderful of all ministries – because I have been forgiven, I now can forgive those who have hurt and wronged me!
This is even mentioned in the prayer our Lord taught us to pray – and forgive us our sins, as we have forgiven those who sin against us…
To be forgiven is one of the most amazing things you can ever personally experience – God offers this to anyone who will receive it.
But to forgive another person – that is something else again. You will be just as blessed when you do this! It’s a double blessing in fact!
This week seize one the most powerful and beautiful blessings you can ever experience – forgiveness.
Ask God’s forgiveness to come into your life and then you bring a blessing to another by forgiving them! You will be truly amazed at how your life will change forever.