When you
received Jesus Christ for your Lord and saviour, God has forgiven you of all
your sins. He wants you to live a joyous life that the Holy Spirit is in you to
help you always in Jesus name.
God wants you forget about your past
sins and forgive yourself. He wants you live a new, joyous life in Christ. Jesus
says, “Let not your hearts be troubled; believe in God, believe also in me.”
(John 14:1)
This means, ‘Live a happy and
joyous life” by relying on Him that He loves and cares for you.
He wants you concentrate with His instructions
and promises for you in the Bible. The Bible says
“
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where
Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are
above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hid
with Christ in God.
When
Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Put
to death therefore what is earthly in you: fornication, impurity, passion, evil
desire, and
covetousness,
which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
In
these you once walked, when you lived in them. But now put them all away:
anger, wrath, malice, slander, and foul talk from your mouth.
Do
not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old nature with its
practices and have put on the new nature, which is being renewed in knowledge
after the image of its creator. Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised
and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and
in all.
Put
on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassion, kindness,
lowliness, meekness, and patience, forbearing one another and, if one has a
complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you,
so you also must forgive.
And
above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect
harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you
were called in the one body. And be thankful.
Let
the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teach and admonish one another in all
wisdom, and sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your
hearts to God.
And
whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.”(Colossians 3:1-17 RSV).
When God has
forgiven you, why are you holding something against yourself? Know you can
never be good and righteous like God. But God has forgiven you and He can
forgive your weakness too if you try your best to follow His instructions in
the Bible with daily reading the Bible and pray constantly.
Therefore,
forget about your past sins and look at our Saviour Jesus Christ. Trust Him
that He will help you through the Holy Spirit to like a good Christian life. He
will lead you step by step, stage by stage. Relying on Him, do your Christian
duty prayerfully every day. Live a thankful life in Christ.
God
bless you.
