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Before I became a Christian, I thought that God forgives. That’s what everyone told me. “God is love, and He forgives sin.” I walked around for a good portion of my life, living in continual sin, saying to myself, “hey, God will forgive me.”
As Christians, we know that God is in fact, forgiving. But how can God forgive sinners and still be just? He cannot, according to His character, allow sinners to get away with sin. If He did, He would be unjust. Many people have this understanding about God – that a sinner receives forgiveness of sins because they, “ask for forgiveness.” Some have, almost the attitude, that God is obligated to forgive sinners.
Listen to Nicole – what is her hope? She is betting that the Just Judge of the universe is going to forgive her because that’s what He does?
That’s like standing before a judge, guilty, with plenty of evidence to send you to prison for life and saying, “Your honor, I have done wrong, and you know I’m guilty, but I know that you are a forgiving judge. So I ask you, please forgive me and allow me to go home.” NOT! If the judge is good, you are in trouble. If you don’t have the money to pay your fine, you’re going to jail. If the judge let you walk simply because you “asked for forgiveness,” we would say that the judge is corrupt.
Psalms 97 says, righteousness and justice is the foundation of God’s throne. He is a GOOD JUDGE!
Christian, do you best to help the Nicole’s of this world understand that forgiveness of sins is only through the broken body and shed blood of Jesus.
Please pray for this young lady. During the time I spent with her, she seemed extremely distracted. Pray that the Holy Spirit would use the seeds sown to convict her and bring her to a place of repentance.
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