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"God will not take me back"
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1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
1John 2:1 "My little children, these things write I unto you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:"
You are forgiven not on your own merit but by the merit of a righteous person-Jesus Christ.
1John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
2Chronicles 7:14 "
Isaiah 55:7 "Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon."
James 5:19 "Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him;"
It is possible for any amount of sin to be forgiven.
Psalm 103:12 "As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us."
He had completely forgiven your sins even before you sinned.
Revelation 2:5 "
God has always made provision for you to turn back before He becomes angry at you. God is angrier when you do not turn to Him.
Romans 5:8 "But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
It is impossible to overextend the boundaries of God's love through your sins. It is the glory of God to make provision in His love for any level of sin.
"Christ has paid the price for my sins Why then is the need for good works"
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1Corinthians 3:14 "If any man's work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward."
1Corinthians 4:20 "For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."
The essence of Christ's sacrifice is so that I will obtain power for good works.
James 2:18 "Yea, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works."
The evidence of true and living faith is living works.
James 2:20 "But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?"
True and living faith is revealed by the works it produces.
James 2:24 "You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only."
Philippians 1:11 "Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God."
Romans 6:2 "God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer in it?"
The essence of my faith is to make me dead to sin.
Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Titus 2:14 "Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own, zealous of good works."
I have been saved through faith for the purpose of good works.
Titus 3:14 "And let our own also learn to maintain good works for urgent needs, that they not be unfruitful."
The essence of my faith is to make me fruitful and useful
"People take you for granted when you forgive them so easily, why should I forgive that easily"
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Colossians 3:13 "Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you."
Forgiving others is our worship and honour to God for forgiving us
Luke 7:47 "
Forgiveness provokes transformation in the life of the forgiven
Matthew 18:22 "Jesus said unto him,
No reason is enough to take forgiving others for granted
Matthew 6:14 "
We take our relationship and fellowship with God for granted when we take forgiving others for granted
"He felt so sorry for his sins, I don't think he will do it again"
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1Samuel 2:9 "He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail."
2Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God;
Philippians 2:13 For it is God who works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Proverbs 20:9 "Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?"
Romans 7:18 "For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not."
Zechariah 4:6 "Then he answered and spoke unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying,
"If a christian backslides, it will be too difficult for him to be restored"
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1John 1:9 "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
2Chronicles 7:14 "
Micah 7:8 "Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me."
Proverbs 24:16 "For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall by calamity."
He has faithfully promised to take you back. It will be unrighteousness on His part not to.