“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise.” Psalm 51:17 (NKJV)
Whether you were saved at age 12, or accepted Christ as your Savior as an adult, you may have sinned many times since then. Your sins may be so terrible that they lead you to despair and cause you to believe that there is no way God will ever forgive you. You may wonder if you are still saved. But what does Scripture say about God’s forgiveness?
The disciple Peter asked Jesus to call to him as He walked on water. For a short time, Peter walks toward Jesus on the water. Peter
later denied three times that he even knew Jesus. After Jesus was resurrected from the dead, the disciple Thomas denied that the resurrection had even taken place, although Jesus had promised them that He would be raised up on the third day. Then Jesus spent 40 days with them after His resurrection.
Another example of God’s abiding love and promised forgiveness is King David’s sin with Bathsheba, the wife of loyal and trusting
Uriah. To cover his transgression, David orchestrated Uriah’s death. Yet, God not only forgave David, He even allowed him to remain king. God forgives us our sins if we repent, but He may also sternly discipline us.
The wonderful gift of God is that when we repent, He also forgets our sins (Jeremiah 31:34) and reassures us that “As far as the east
is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us” (Psalms 103:12, NKJV).
Our Father in heaven, in the name of Jesus, help us to place our complete trust in Your promise that whatsoever we ask in prayer,
believing, we shall have.
– Kiki BelMonte-Schaller
Council Fire is a collaboration with Intertribal Life Ministries and Native Evangelical Fellowship of Canada.
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