Yes, He can

Good day guys, how are you doing today? I trust that you're doing great. I should have posted this article yesterday but for some reasons,I couldn't. Now, let's move to the article.

It doesn’t matter how big the sin is or how small, it doesn’t matter how long ago it was committed or how recently. It doesn’t matter whether it was spontaneous or malicious. God will forgive you if you come to him at the cross of Jesus Christ (1 John 1:9). But don’t just take my word for it. Take it from the New Testament that says “God demonstrated his own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).

Today, a lot of Christians feel that only people within their church or denomination can be saved-–that you have to be baptized in order to be saved (Acts 2:38). Many Christians believe that God is a respecter of persons, that he has favorites to whom he gives saving grace, while others are left without hope (Proverbs 14:34). But many others have a different perspective on salvation because they understand better than most why Jesus had to die on the cross.

I know that seems too easy, but it really isn’t. There are plenty of things we do in our lives that we never tell anyone about. We bury them so deep that a lot of time we don’t even realize we did them until much later, if ever. The thing with those kinds of things is God already knows about them, and even though we may have forgotten about them, God hasn’t.

He knows everything you’ve ever done and everything you will ever do. He knows the times you lied to your mom. He knows the secret you accidentally told during a moment of anger to a friend at school. He knows exactly what you did with your boyfriend on prom night. I don’t know what you did or didn’t do, but I know with 100% certainty that God already knows and that it’s already been taken care of by the blood of Jesus Christ.

Satan knows that one of the most effective ways to hurt and discourage believers is to rob them of their assurance of salvation. After all, if we do not have the assurance of salvation, why should we even bother following Jesus? Satan tells us that we are never really forgiven, or that our sins are still there in God’s book, or that the reason we feel forgiven is because the guilt has been taken away but the sin is still there. Perhaps we have done things so terrible that God can never forgive us. In short, Satan wants us to believe that our sins are unforgivable.

Satan’s goal is to keep us in bondage and guilt, but God’s plan is to set us free. Jesus said, "If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:31-32).

Here’s God’s free offer of forgiveness: We admit we were wrong, we repent (turn away from our wicked way), and we ask for forgiveness. That’s it. God will forgive you if you come to him at the cross of Jesus Christ. The Bible says that “He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9).

God’s grace is so great that it can cleanse the sinner from his sin so that he becomes a child of God. Even when we stumble, we can be forgiven still. This is exactly what we find in the story of King David (Psalm 51:1-19). David is a king, a leader, and a man loved by God. Yet, he sins and ends up committing adultery with Bathsheba, one of his loyal soldiers. When this happens, David recognizes his sin and confesses to his wrongdoing. As a result, the Lord forgives him (2 Samuel 12:13-14).

When King David sinned, he was aware that he had broken the covenant between him and God. He knew that he had to confess his wrongdoings and ask for forgiveness. However, he doubted—as many of us do—that the Lord would forgive him. Which is why David reminds us and teaches us to ask for forgiveness (Psalm 51:3). Even when we do something as serious as adultery, through God’s grace we can be forgiven still. Through this story, we see how God’s grace is so great that it can cleanse the sinner from his or her sins so that they become children of God.

Grace is an amazing gift from God, who desires to forgive us. Grace is the free and undeserved favor, or help that we receive from another person or from God.

Thanks for reading through. I hope you loved it.

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