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Is God Going to Condemn Me For All the Bad Things I Did?
By Billy Graham, Tribune Media Services
Q: I led a pretty wild life before I asked Christ to come into my life
and clean it up (which He did, thankfully). But is God going to
condemn me on the day of judgment for all the bad things I used to do?
-- L.K.
A: No, God isn't going to condemn you for those sins, and the reason is because you have trusted Christ for your salvation, and He has forgiven all your sins -- all of them. The Bible says, "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us" (Psalm 103:12).
Do you remember the criminals who were crucified with Jesus? He didn't deserve to die for He hadn't committed any crime -- but they had, and under Roman law they deserved death. One of them sneered at Jesus and mocked Him -- but the other turned to Jesus in faith and said, "Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom" (Luke 23:42). Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise" (Luke 23:43).
Think about this man for a moment. He couldn't go back and change the past; he had committed horrible crimes, and he deserved nothing but God's judgment. But Jesus said he would be with Him in heaven anyway -- because he had turned to Christ for the forgiveness he needed. The same is true of you.
Thank God for His mercy and grace toward you -- grace that is greater than all your sins. Now you can say with the psalmist, "He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand" (Psalm 40:2). Ask God to strengthen your faith, and to use you to tell others about the new life Christ has given you.
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This news arrived on: 08/14/2008
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08-14-2008 08:42
Revmark wrote:
Past Sins.
This where God has a memory problem.
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Jer 31:34
When you bring up old sins, He will say, I don't remember that. Because He cannot see them, because they are washed away by The Blood of Christ, just like when you wash your clothes in the washing machine, they are clean, and you do not see the dirt anymore.
The problem with past sins is, we tend to not forgive ourselves, or sometimes we may have hurt someone, before we turned from our sins, and even though God has forgiven us, they have not.
So sometimes we have to seek forgiveness from those we have hurt also.
Please find a good nurturing, Bible beleiving church, that can teach you what the Bible says, and to help you understand what it means. And if you cannot get out to church, call one and ask the Pastor if He could maybe come to you, and have Bible study with you.
God Bless
For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." Jer 31:34
When you bring up old sins, He will say, I don't remember that. Because He cannot see them, because they are washed away by The Blood of Christ, just like when you wash your clothes in the washing machine, they are clean, and you do not see the dirt anymore.
The problem with past sins is, we tend to not forgive ourselves, or sometimes we may have hurt someone, before we turned from our sins, and even though God has forgiven us, they have not.
So sometimes we have to seek forgiveness from those we have hurt also.
Please find a good nurturing, Bible beleiving church, that can teach you what the Bible says, and to help you understand what it means. And if you cannot get out to church, call one and ask the Pastor if He could maybe come to you, and have Bible study with you.
God Bless
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