September 12th, 2023 
John P 
Acknowledge Your Sins and Take an Inventory of Yourself
1John 1:9, ‘But if we acknowledge our sins, then God who is faithful and just will forgive our sins and purify us from everything that is wrong.’
When we acknowledge our sins, not only do we admit that we are a sinner, but also see the sins that we commit. Take an inventory of yourself and write down your sins. Ask Jesus to help you recognize the sins that you commit so that we can stop rebelling against God.
In James and Psalms it says, Jas. 5:15,16, ‘So confess your sins to one another.’ Psalms 32:5, ‘At last I admitted to you I had sinned; no longer concealing my guilt, I said, ‘I will go to Yahweh and confess my fault. And you, you have forgiven the wrong I did, have pardoned my sin.
Gather up your sins and write them down so that you can repent of your sins by confessing them to God and your pastor or an elder of the church. If you don’t have a church, find someone spiritual that can help you with this.
Jesus Came for the Sinners
Luke 5:32, ‘I (Jesus) have not come to call the virtuous, but sinners to repentance.’
Pray to God to bring you to repentance so that you can confess your sins to God and to another person with a contrite heart. God will forgive you of your sins.
God has Forgiven us Our Sins
Anyone that is alive and hasn’t repented of their sins and confessed that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who was born, crucified and died on the cross, was buried and resurrected and is our Savior will not see the Kingdom of God. They will die in their sins and suffer in the lake of fire for eternity.
Col. 2:13, ‘You were dead, because you were sinners and had not been circumcised: He has brought you to life with Him, He has forgiven us our sins.’
Since you did find life in Jesus Christ, by committing your life to Him and repenting of your sins, and the flesh being circumcised, striped of its worldly passions and self-indulgences, we can walk in the light of Christ. No more stumbling around in the darkness.
Romans 4:6-8, ‘And David says the same: a man is happy if God considers him righteous, irrespective of good deeds: Happy those whose crimes are forgiven, whose sins are blotted out; happy the man whom the Lord considers sinless.’
Forgiving Others of Their Wrongs Against Us
Col. 3:13, ‘Bear with one another; forgive each other as soon as a quarrel begins. The Lord has forgiven you; now you must do the same.’
Ep. 4:32, ‘Be friends with one another, and kind, forgiving each other as readily as God forgave you in Christ.’
Matt. 18:21,22, ‘Then Peter went up to Him and said, ‘Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me? As often as seven times?’ Jesus answered, ‘Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times.’
No matter how bad the wrong that someone did against us, we must forgive them. If we don’t, we will not be forgiven of our sins and it will not go well for us when we stand before the Lord. No matter how bad the wrong that was committed against us or how many times they commit these wrong doings, we have to forgive them. God will see that justice is done.
Jesus was a fine example of how much He loved His enemies and how He practiced forgiveness. After all the beatings, the scouraging, the mockery, the humiliation, betrayal and rejection He went through before He died on the cross, He still had enough love to forgive them all. It is noted in Luke 23:34, ‘Jesus said, ‘Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing.’
Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit Will Not Be Forgiven
Matt. 12:31,32, ‘And so I tell you, every one of men’s sins and blasphemies will be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. And anyone who says a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but let anyone speak against the Holy Spirit and he will not be forgiven either in this world or in the next.’
God Will Never Forget You
Is. 49:15, ‘Does a woman forget her baby at the breast, or fail to cherish the son of her womb? Yet even if these forget, I (God) will never forget you.
No matter how hard times may get or how tests and trials may seem to never end, God will never forget you. At times, it may seem like He isn’t listening to you or that He abandoned you, but that is not so.
God tells us to be patient and just like He says in scripture, ‘I (God) will never forget you.’ What a beautiful thing to say to someone.
Be Repentant of Your Sins
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