Nothing you have ever done is bad enough to not be forgiven by
God. We’re so used to not measuring up to peoples’ standards we think God’s the
same. He’s not. God’s unconditional love is so profound it is impossible to fully
comprehend it.
Nothing we will ever do, now or in the future, will separate us
from God’s love in Jesus Christ. Not that we need that as an excuse to go out
of our way to injure our relationships, but we do need to know that no sin can detach
us from the love of God.
Importantly, so many people are resistant to God because they
either feel they’re not good enough, or, in the same breath, they’re not interested
in a ‘God’ who makes them feel bad for anything they’ve thought, said or done.
But that’s simply not God on either account.
Firstly, none of us is good enough; hence, Jesus coming, living,
dying for us — i.e. dying for the fact that none of us are good enough. No
longer do we need to measure up to some impossible standard. Because of Christ
we are good enough!
Secondly, God is not a God who makes anyone feel bad for what
they’ve ever thought, said or done. God is love and that alone. It’s only God’s
mislead Christians who legalistically make people feel bad. Or, it’s the person
themselves that inflects that attribution against themselves from the
unconscious guilt they continue to carry.
It is impossible to out-sin God’s grace.
If you find yourself having tried every other thing to get your
life right, try God. Grace has the effect that it takes all the pressure off.
It’s easier to please God when we know He’s pleased with us (in Christ).
The most surprising thing about a relationship with God is the power
He gives us to do what we want to do, because, if we have that power, we always
want to do the right thing.
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