This message is specifically for people who have a problem with getting past their past and if you don't have a problem with getting past your past i;m so glad you came to visit my blog.
When I mean past,i'm not referring to last year past or last two years..I mean last night past,last week and last month past.
2 Corinthians 5:17;"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.The old life is gone,a new life has begun".See, the problem isn't I was bad and Jesus made me good but I was dead and Jesus made me alive....this is what happens when he comes into our lives.If you do not let your past die,it wont let you live.
3 thoughts the preacher emphasized on that will help us get over our past:
In Christ you are completely forgiven
One reason that makes us feel so condemn is we know who we really are...I mean we don't only know the sins that other people know,we know the sins we committed that nobody else knows.
Romans 8:1.."For there is no condemnation for those who belong in Christ Jesus".So guess what,he knows about the abortion,he knows about the adultery,he knows about the lies and the affairs,he knows about those thoughts and you and I are completely forgiven anyway.
The story of the woman who was caught in the act of adultery and was brought to Jesus in the temple to trick him...pause,the people who brought her came with stones and what have I learnt about self righteous Christians...they all carry stones.
2 Corinthians 5:17;"This means that anyone who belongs to Christ has become a new person.The old life is gone,a new life has begun".See, the problem isn't I was bad and Jesus made me good but I was dead and Jesus made me alive....this is what happens when he comes into our lives.If you do not let your past die,it wont let you live.
3 thoughts the preacher emphasized on that will help us get over our past:
In Christ you are completely forgiven
One reason that makes us feel so condemn is we know who we really are...I mean we don't only know the sins that other people know,we know the sins we committed that nobody else knows.
Romans 8:1.."For there is no condemnation for those who belong in Christ Jesus".So guess what,he knows about the abortion,he knows about the adultery,he knows about the lies and the affairs,he knows about those thoughts and you and I are completely forgiven anyway.
The story of the woman who was caught in the act of adultery and was brought to Jesus in the temple to trick him...pause,the people who brought her came with stones and what have I learnt about self righteous Christians...they all carry stones.
The first thing the bible says about Jesus was"He bent down".God became man
.Don't miss this part...Jesus humbled himself,so instead of taking a posture over this woman he demonstrated how he humbled himself and took the form of humanity.
The bible continues with when he took one of his fingers and he put it on the ground,archaeologist has shown that Jesus was in the temple and in the temple the entire place must have been covered with marble so the ground wasn't dusty,the ground was stone:FINGER TO STONE.Where else in the bible did the finger of God touch a stone;THE TEN COMMANDMENT,and one of the commandment is "thou shall not commit adultery"
So the one who wrote thou shall not commit adultery eventually stood to the woman and said"woman,where are your accusers and she said,they are gone and He said 'NEITHER DO I ACCUSE YOU,GO NOW AND LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT SIN'...
The bible continues with when he took one of his fingers and he put it on the ground,archaeologist has shown that Jesus was in the temple and in the temple the entire place must have been covered with marble so the ground wasn't dusty,the ground was stone:FINGER TO STONE.Where else in the bible did the finger of God touch a stone;THE TEN COMMANDMENT,and one of the commandment is "thou shall not commit adultery"
So the one who wrote thou shall not commit adultery eventually stood to the woman and said"woman,where are your accusers and she said,they are gone and He said 'NEITHER DO I ACCUSE YOU,GO NOW AND LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT SIN'...
Are we not just so lucky..I'm happy writing this..guys,this demonstrated that in Christ ALL OF US ARE COMPLETELY NOT PARTIALLY FORGIVEN.
Forgiveness is not achieved,it is received so when we do not feel forgiven we should just celebrate our forgiveness because there is a God who knew every stupid thing we would ever do and he still saved us and made arrangement for those sins to be paid.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY NOT PARTIALLY FORGIVEN
Forgiveness is not achieved,it is received so when we do not feel forgiven we should just celebrate our forgiveness because there is a God who knew every stupid thing we would ever do and he still saved us and made arrangement for those sins to be paid.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY NOT PARTIALLY FORGIVEN
Hey! thank you for the wonderful write up :-) It is truly inspiring and thought provoking :-)
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