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Today will be short and sweet! Three very powerful scriptures that should set you free!
Wiped clean. When we mess up or get off track with God, we just need to confess that to Him (repent), and
then He will get us right back on track.
My brother used to have a Hot Wheels race track. Hot Wheels were small cars about 3" long. They would
go around the track and occasionally something would happen and they would get off track and fly across
the room. All my brother would do is go pick up the car, make sure there was nothing on the wheels (clean
it), place it back on the track, and then the car would again whizz around the track. My brother didn't give
anymore thought to that car coming off the track; if it happened again, he'd just pick it up and put it back on
the track.
When you confess your sin is not when God found out about it. He knew about it all along (the minute you
got off track). When you confess it, that's when you get rid of it and its effects on your life.
Those verses from Psalms and Hebrews make it clear that God not only removes our sin (mess up), he will
never again remember it. He wipes the slate clean so you are free to start over, fresh, IMMEDIATELY. NO
matter what the sin was, NO guilt, NO condemnation, and NO bringing it back up such as, "Well, you know
this isn't the first time you messed up in this area. You just keep messing up - but I will forgive you again."
Nope, as far as God is concerned, once you repent, He restores and to Him it is as if you NEVER messed
up. That means you are free to enjoy the freedom Jesus died on the cross for you to have. You are
allowed to walk around as if you never messed up. You can walk with your head held up high and totally
forget you messed up
- because God did!
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Wiped clean. When we mess up or get off track with God, we just need to confess that to Him (repent), and
then He will get us right back on track.
My brother used to have a Hot Wheels race track. Hot Wheels were small cars about 3" long. They would
go around the track and occasionally something would happen and they would get off track and fly across
the room. All my brother would do is go pick up the car, make sure there was nothing on the wheels (clean
it), place it back on the track, and then the car would again whizz around the track. My brother didn't give
anymore thought to that car coming off the track; if it happened again, he'd just pick it up and put it back on
the track.
When you confess your sin is not when God found out about it. He knew about it all along (the minute you
got off track). When you confess it, that's when you get rid of it and its effects on your life.
Those verses from Psalms and Hebrews make it clear that God not only removes our sin (mess up), he will
never again remember it. He wipes the slate clean so you are free to start over, fresh, IMMEDIATELY. NO
matter what the sin was, NO guilt, NO condemnation, and NO bringing it back up such as, "Well, you know
this isn't the first time you messed up in this area. You just keep messing up - but I will forgive you again."
Nope, as far as God is concerned, once you repent, He restores and to Him it is as if you NEVER messed
up. That means you are free to enjoy the freedom Jesus died on the cross for you to have. You are
allowed to walk around as if you never messed up. You can walk with your head held up high and totally
forget you messed up
- because God did!
Sharing the goodness of God:
Musing Copyright © 2011 Nan C Loyd
All rights reserved. Used by permission.
"To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable
because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
-- C.S. Lewis
because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you."
-- C.S. Lewis
1 John 1:9 (CJB) If we acknowledge our sins, then, since he is trustworthy and
just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.
Psalm 103:12 (NLT) He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from
the west.
Hebrews 8:12 - (HCSB) For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing, and I will never
again remember their sins.
Another translation: (MSG) They'll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with
the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.
just, he will forgive them and purify us from all wrongdoing.
Psalm 103:12 (NLT) He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from
the west.
Hebrews 8:12 - (HCSB) For I will be merciful to their wrongdoing, and I will never
again remember their sins.
Another translation: (MSG) They'll get to know me by being kindly forgiven, with
the slate of their sins forever wiped clean.