WILL JESUS CHRIST EVER FORGIVE ME?

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This is the question I saw a young man ask on television today as I watched a Christian programme on open air preaching.

A group of people were sharing the Gospel via open air preaching in Vienna Austria and this young man happened to be passing by, heard the message and stopped to listen.

He then spoke to a member of the group of preachers and said he wanted to ask a question. He then asked this question of today's topic and went on to say he had been struggling with hard drugs but he had asked God for forgiveness, he now reads his bible but he usually found himself crying while praying to God.

He said he had done a lot of very bad things in the past, which was why he was struggling with the question whether God would forgive him or not.

Dear friend, there are so many people in today's world struggling with this same question - will Jesus Christ forgive me? Their reason stems from their perception of the severity of the atrocities they have committed and they are now full of regrets in their hearts.

Their limited view of the mercy of God and their understanding of human nature makes them believe that God behaves like humans.

God makes it clear to us in Isaiah 55:7-9, "Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, and mercy for him, and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon.

8 For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord.

9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts."

Let us examine the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ in John 6:37, "All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]."

What this means is that mercy starts with God and repentance enters the sinner because it is God who places it in the person's heart to repent. And our Lord Jesus Christ makes it clear that He will never reject anyone who comes to Him.

It therefore means your sin does not disqualify once you have repented genuinely and decided to forsake your sins, confess them to Jesus Christ, ask for His forgiveness, determine to make Jesus the master of your life and live in strict compliance with His commands in the Holy Bible.

What everyone of us needs to understand is that God does not rate sin. No one sin is greater than the other as human beings reason. All wrongdoing is sin - 1 John 5:17a

Telling lies is as heinous to God as committing abortion or murder.

God makes it clear to us that rebellion is as sinful as witchcraft and stubbornness as idolatry - 1 Samuel 15:23a.

So dear friend, if God has mercy on you to repent and come to Him, the question of whether He will forgive you or not for your sins is irrelevant.

What is relevant and important is whether you would accept the hand of mercy God extends to you. If you do, then all the best for you because you will be starting a journey to freedom from sin and blessings that ONLY God Himself can provide in this world.

Better still, if you sincerely and genuinely obey God's Word and all that He has commanded in the Holy Bible, you will end up in heaven with Him forever once you exit this world.

God loves us so much, which is why He sent Jesus Christ His Son to come to earth to die for our sins and be reconciled to Him.

This is also why Jesus Who is God has commanded us who have believed and accepted Him as Messiah to go out and tell others so they can also repent from sin, accept Him and receive the eternal life and blessings reserved only for those who accept Him - Mark 16:15-16.

Are you living in sin, now full of regrets and are looking for a permanent way out? Are you a professed Christian but still living in sin? Are you in and out of sin and think it is the right way to live?

Dear friend, Jesus Christ is using today's message to remind you that there is an eternal consequence if you die in sin. As long as you are alive, there is a chance for repentance and salvation but that ends once you die and the justice of God takes over.

Please make up your mind and decide now for tomorrow or later may be too late.

Jesus is coming NOW.

May the good Lord bless you as you heed His Word today, act on it and share with others in Jesus Mighty Name, Amen.


Gabriel Ama.

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