King David of Israel wrote about forgiveness 1,000 years before Jesus was born. Convicted by the Holy Spirit, he confessed his sins to God. He received forgiveness, and God led him to a better way of life.
Psalm 32
A Psalm of David.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
You are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart! *
From time to time King David stumbled and fell. He suffered consequences for his sins, but God loved him, forgave him, and brought him back into fellowship.
(2Samuel Chapters 11 and 12)
Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead. Trust that His sacrifice was all that is needed to blot out all of our sins; past, present, and future. Believe in Him and He will give you everlasting life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18 NKJV) *
Believers stumble. Sometimes they fall. Like King David, God will restore the believer to fellowship. We must repent of our sins, confess them to God, and live to please the Holy Spirit; rather than our sinful human nature.
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
(1John 1:5-10 NKJV) *
When you surrender yourself, without reservation, to Jesus Christ, He will make you into a new person. (2Corinthians 5:17) Please, give yourself to Jesus Christ today.
* https://biblehub.com/nkjv
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Jesus Christ was crucified and rose from the dead. Trust that His sacrifice was all that is needed to blot out all of our sins; past, present, and future. Believe in Him and He will give you everlasting life.
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” (John 3:16-18 NKJV) *
Believers stumble. Sometimes they fall. Like King David, God will restore the believer to fellowship. We must repent of our sins, confess them to God, and live to please the Holy Spirit; rather than our sinful human nature.
This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.
(1John 1:5-10 NKJV) *
When you surrender yourself, without reservation, to Jesus Christ, He will make you into a new person. (2Corinthians 5:17) Please, give yourself to Jesus Christ today.
* https://biblehub.com/nkjv
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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