Failing the grace of God.

[Pemican]

Failing the grace of God.

1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble …

When we have confessed our sins but fail to believe we are forgiven, and fail to forget our sins and put them behind us, we have failed to believe the full extent of the grace of God. If we have a guilty conscience and are full of self-loathing and recrimination, or feel we must do penance for our sin, we have failed or come short of the grace of God. Whatever the sin, once it is confessed we are to forget the sin as God does, and move on in the spiritual life. We have been set free to live the Christian life under the filling of the Holy Spirit. No one is without sin, and we all give in to temptation from time to time, but we are to deal with it as the scriptures instructs and have the same attitude towards our sin that God does. The redeemed are to look forward not backwards.

Isa 44:22 "I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."

Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Php 3:13 but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,



(I wrote the above to reinforce this principle in my own mind and hope it benefits others as well.)

 

[oldthennew]

Amen.

yes, we are to look forward and seek for Holy strength in our convictions and over-coming...
and a true and faithful evidence of this in ourselves is IF we honestly and bodily over-come what
will keep us out of walking in our Saviour's Holy Light....

 

[crossnote]

Reminds me of...

Philippians 3:12-14 (HCSB)
12 Not that I have already reached [the goal] or am already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
13 Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead
14 I pursue as my goal the prize promised by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus.,

 

[Eugene]

I believed I have failed grace by the constant struggle of my addictions to be clean for christ. As soon I can be clean of mind then I believe god can truly use me. A mind filled of restfulness is hard for me to focus on god. Most of the time it gets so bad that the word of god can not even help get my mind from such things. I seeked out christian counseling/ therapy cause of this.

 

[Ariel82]

God wants us to walk together and bear each other's burdens. Jesus sent his disciples out two by two and in psalms it says it is good to walk with others because if one stumbles then their friends can help them back up.

Will pray that you find Christian counseling and support from local believers.

 

[Rudimental]

I believed I have failed grace by the constant struggle of my addictions to be clean for christ. As soon I can be clean of mind then I believe god can truly use me. A mind filled of restfulness is hard for me to focus on god. Most of the time it gets so bad that the word of god can not even help get my mind from such things. I seeked out christian counseling/ therapy cause of this.

Sounds like old hairy legs is whispering that into your ear. We have all fallen from grace. What makes you think Jesus wont forgive you any more than He would anyone else?

 

[crossnote]

I believed I have failed grace by the constant struggle of my addictions to be clean for christ. As soon I can be clean of mind then I believe god can truly use me. A mind filled of restfulness is hard for me to focus on god. Most of the time it gets so bad that the word of god can not even help get my mind from such things. I seeked out christian counseling/ therapy cause of this.

Romans 5:21 (HCSB) so that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

 

[breno785au]

Failing the grace of God.

1Jn 1:9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Heb 12:15 See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble …

When we have confessed our sins but fail to believe we are forgiven, and fail to forget our sins and put them behind us, we have failed to believe the full extent of the grace of God. If we have a guilty conscience and are full of self-loathing and recrimination, or feel we must do penance for our sin, we have failed or come short of the grace of God. Whatever the sin, once it is confessed we are to forget the sin as God does, and move on in the spiritual life. We have been set free to live the Christian life under the filling of the Holy Spirit. No one is without sin, and we all give in to temptation from time to time, but we are to deal with it as the scriptures instructs and have the same attitude towards our sin that God does. The redeemed are to look forward not backwards.

Isa 44:22 "I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you."

Psa 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us.

Php 3:13 but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead,



(I wrote the above to reinforce this principle in my own mind and hope it benefits others as well.)

Amen! This makes me want to dance...in my hospital bed lol