Are My Sins Really Forgiven?

Doubt, the great underminer of our faith. "O ye of little faith" (Matt 14:31). Yes, the words of our Master. How many times have you heard Christian people say, "I hope i will be saved" ,or "I will not know until the Judgement Day". Have you said words like that yourself? Have you doubted? How do I really know? It is indeed all up to you yourself. No-one can now save you but you yourself. It is all in your own hands, not God's, nor Christ's, but yourself. How can this be?

God has done His part.He has called you and spoken to you or you would not be reading this. And He has made a great promise to us: "I will remember them (your sins) no more". (Jer 31:34, Heb 8:12 ; 10:17). Also ,"Your sins are blotted out" (Isaiah 43:25 and 44:22, Acts 3:19). What greater promise could you have from God.

It is conditional, we do have to do something. Ask God's forgiveness and accept His promise, and your sins will be blotted out, yes, out of that book. Nothing will be able to be seen.

What about memory? He also has promised that He will remember them (our sins) no more. If God has forgotten them and they are not written down anywhere, why of course we have a clean sheet.

How else could God speak of David and say, "a man after my own heart". We know David was agreat sinner, but he knew how to ask God's forgiveness, and so God could indeed say " a man after my own heart". (Acts 13:22) So it is up to us, ourselves, whether or not we accept God's wonderful promise.

What of Christ? Yes , his part has also been completed. When He was nailed to the cross and shed His blood, and died, he did it for you and me. He died in our stead, He took our place. He did not wait until we repented. He was sacrificed and suffered while we were yet sinners (Rom 5:8). All we have to do is accept and repent, and we will at this very moment receive eternal life (Rom 5:11 and John 5:24). No doubts, no fears, we will be "caught up to meet the Lord when He comes" ( 1 Thess 4:17)

If we doubt that we will be saved, there are only a few reasons, and they are all very serious:

(1) We fail to ask God's forgiveness for our sins.

(2) We do not believe or accept God's promise "your sins are blotted out and remembered no more"

(3) We do not believe God sent His son to die and shed His blood for us on the cross. Therefore it was all done in vain and Christ died for nothing.

Yes, these things are serious. They are vital to our eternal life with Christ and God.

Believe God's promises, accept the sacrifice of your Lord on the cross, ask for forgiveness, and you will have a true peace, with no doubts or fears, a peace that passeth all understanding (Phil 4:7)

Daniel Barrar