Thank you for this lovely post. Posts like this can only come from a truly devoted and kind soul blessed by God. The Beauty of this post is in the message it conveys. And this message spoke directly to my heart and had God’s signature all over it.
@saintsong That's odd that you said that because I'm exactly the same way. I have social anxiety believe it or not. Probably comes from being hurt too much but I love you too and will always be friends and sisters in Christ
Failure does not disqualify you from God loving you or using your life for good. Please note that. That is in the Bible.
We do not work our way to heaven. We could never be “clean enough” on our own. We can never meet God's standard of perfection. Only Jesus could do that. He was and is, sinless.
Ephesians 2:8-9 says _“For it is by grace (UN-EARNED FAVOR from God) that you have been saved, through faith and THIS is NOT FROM YOURSELVES, it is the GIFT from God ... NOT by WORKS, so that no one can boast ( that they saved themselves.”)
If we could save ourselves, then there would have been no need for Jesus to die on the cross to save us.
We do NOT repent daily to stay saved. We repent when the Holy Spirit convicts us of SIN — sometimes right away, sometimes later, when we've come to realize we had sinned. But God’s presence is never something we earn by being perfect. There's none perfect, but God. He doesn't expect us to be perfect. He expects us to be faithful, committed, and dedicated.
Hebrews 4:16 says we can come boldly to the throne of grace. Boldly. Because Jesus made us clean with His blood.
That is, the moment we repent and put our faith in Jesus, His grace covers our sins. Not just today’s sins, but all of them, past, present, and future — until the day we go home to be with Him.
Why does it last that long? Because it wasn’t OUR WORK that paid for it. It was Jesus on the cross. *One sacrifice, one time, was enough.
Hebrews 10:14 says _“For by one sacrificehe has made perfect forever, those who are being made holy.”
We repent when the Holy Spirit shows us we sinned, and the moment we say “Lord forgive me,” that sin is already covered by His blood.
That’s why Hebrews 4:16 tells us we can come BOLDLY to God’s throne. Not SCARED. Not TRYING to get clean first. Because Jesus already made us clean.
You are ALREADY loved and accepted by Him. Rest in Him tonight.
@Atari2678 The Bible says when we sin against God it interrupts our fellowship with him until we repent and then that Fellowship is restored. Has nothing to do with our salvation but our temporary interruption with our fellowship with God, until we repent.
