Bible Questions Answered:
“...I don't feel like I've been
forgiven...”
Alitia/ Suva, Fiji
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The promise of The Lord,
rests not upon our “feelings,” but upon His truthful, never
changing Word.
His Promise:
Psalm 32:5 NLT
Finally, I confessed all my sins to
you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, “I will
confess my rebellion to The Lord.” And you forgave me! All my guilt
is gone.
Psalm 86:5 KJV
For thou, Lord, art good, and ready
to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Psalm 130:3,4 KJV
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with
thee, that thou mayest be feared.
Isaiah 18 KJV
Come now, and let us reason
together, saith The Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool.
Isaiah 43:25 KJV
I, even I, am He that blotteth out
thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Isaiah 44:22 KJV
I have blotted
out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins:
return unto Me; for I have redeemed thee.
Isaiah 55:7 KJV
Let the wicked forsake his way, and
the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto The Lord,
and He will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for He will
abundantly pardon.
Jeremiah 33:8 KJV
And I will cleanse them from all
their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against Me; and I will
pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby
they have transgressed against Me.
Micah 7:18,19 KJV
18 Who is a God like unto thee, that
pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant
of His heritage? He retaineth not His anger for ever, because He
delighteth in mercy.
19 He will turn again, He will have
compassion upon us; He will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast
all their sins into the depths of the sea.
Acts 13:38,39 KJV
38 “Brothers, listen! We are here
to proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness for your
sins.
39 Everyone who believes in Him is
made right in God’s sight..."
Romans 8:1,2 KJV
1 There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after
the flesh, but after The Spirit.
2 For the law of The Spirit Of Life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
II Corinthians 3:17 KJV
Now The Lord is that Spirit: and
where The Spirit Of The Lord is, there is liberty.
II Corinthians 5:17 KJV
17 Therefore if any man be in
Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all
things are become new.
21 For He hath made Him to be sin
for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of
God in Him.
Galatians 5:1 NLT
So Christ has truly set us free. Now
make sure that you stay free..."
Ephesians 1:7,8 NLT
7 He is so rich in kindness and
grace that He purchased our freedom with The Blood Of His Son and
forgave our sins.
8 He has showered His kindness on
us, along with all wisdom and understanding.
Colossians 1:14 KJV
In whom we have redemption through
His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
Hebrews 8:12 NLT
And I will forgive their wickedness,
and I will never again remember their sins.
I John 1:9 KJV
If we confess our sins, He is
faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all
unrighteousness.
This is what The
Word says, what will you believe, your feelings or God's Word?
Romans 3:4 KJV
"...let God be true, but every
man a liar..."
Mistakes of the
past, may be in our memory, but if we have confessed them and
forsaken them, we have been forgiven, and they are remembered
no more by The Lord!
Proverbs 28:13
KJV
He that covereth
his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and
forsaketh them shall have mercy.
Psalm 103:12 KJV
As far as the east is from the west,
so far hath He removed our transgressions from us.
John 8:36 KJV
If The Son therefore shall make you
free, ye shall be free indeed.
Prayer:
John 6:37,40,47 KJV
37 “...him that cometh to Me I
will in no wise cast out.”
40 And this is the will of Him that
sent Me, that every one which seeth The Son, and believeth on Him,
may have everlasting Life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that believeth on Me hath everlasting Life.
Ephesians 1:7 KJV
In whom we have redemption through
His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His
grace;
