Forgiveness

1 John 1:9-10 “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.”
In the corporate world and in the political world there is always a search for a loop hole to allow us to get out of being held accountable. The bible is clear about sin and what it is. Romans 3:23, “For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and who would want to call God a liar? For him that knoweth to do right and doeth it not to him it is sin. The bible is also clear about the result of sin. Romans 6:23, “For the wages of sin is death: but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
There are sins which we commit that have consequences that will affect the rest of our lives. There are others that are simple transgressions. We stretch the truth, take something that does not belong to us or speak badly about someone. Wither the sin is large or small all are distasteful to God. Yet He is so merciful that he will forgive us if we will but ask, and He will do it over and over again. We are faced daily with reminders of these sins in the past and struggle still with the consequences of many of them. Depending on the nature and severity of the sin we may be tempted to think God could never forgive me for that. But He can and he will just ask. The blessed assurance from God’s Word: If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. No sin is excepted. No mistake it too big and no transgression is too terrible for God to cleanse it with the blood of Jesus Christ.
So then we are left with one important question: have we confessed our sin to God? You don’t have to know how he is going to do that you just have to know He will do what He said He would do. You confess it He forgives it, it is just that simple. Like it or not believe it or not we are all sinners in God’s eyes. Yet He loves us so much through the blood of Christ shed for us on the cross we have forgiveness. Try it you will like it and God will love you for it.