Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.—2 Corinthians 5:17
In
our churches we often sing, "Arise, my soul, shake off thy guilty
fears." But nothing happens and we keep our fears. Why do we claim on
one hand that our sins are gone and on the other act just as though they
are not gone?
Brethren, we have been declared "Not Guilty!" by
the highest court in all the universe. Still there are honest
Christians, earnestly seeking the face of God, who cannot seem to break
loose and find real freedom. The grave clothes trip them up every time
they try to move on a little faster. Satan uses their past sins to
terrify them.
Now, on the basis of grace as taught in the Word of
God, when God forgives a man, He trusts him as though he had never
sinned. God did not have mental reservations about any of us when we
became His children by faith. When God forgives a man, He doesn't think,
'I will have to watch this fellow because he has a bad record.' No, He
starts with him again as though he had just been created and as if there
had been no past at all! That is the basis of our Christian
assurance—and God wants us to be happy in it. I Talk Back to the Devil, pp. 6-7
"Thank
You, Father, for that glorious freedom of forgiveness. Thank You for
Your marvelous grace. No past at all! What a wonderful, incomprehensible
truth! I humbly and joyfully worship You this morning. Amen."
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