MORNING MANNA 3-20-22
FORGIVEN FOREVER
He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.- Romans 8:32-24
One of the most common and difficult issues people deal with is guilt. All of us have done things for which we are sorry, and all of us have failed to do other things we know we should have done. The devil uses our guilt over things from the past to hinder us in our walk and work for God. Guilt is not a bad thing in itself, as God uses that to prick our consciences and prompt us to return to Him. But there is no reason for feeling guilty over something we have confessed and forsaken. It is no longer on our record as far as God is concerned. Paul wrote, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” (Romans 8:1).
In the US legal system, there is the principle of double jeopardy. A person who has been found “not guilty” can not be tried again for the same offense. When the blood of Jesus Christ is applied to our account, all of our sins are gone forever, and there is no venue in which God will allow them to be brought against us. Charles Spurgeon said, “There is not a sin in the Book of God, even now, against one of His people. Who dares to lay anything to their charge? There is neither speck, nor spot, nor wrinkle, nor any such thing remaining upon any one believer in the matter of justification in the sight of the Judge of all the earth.”
God holds us blameless for our forgiven sins, and He will never allow us to be held guilty for them.- Daily in the Word
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
5801 FM 1960 E
Humble, TX. 77346
