You Can Be Forgiven

Matthew 12:31

31"Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.

No matter what you have done, whether you stole something, committed murder, abused someone, cheated on a test, told a lie to save face, etc, you can be forgiven. If you are sincerely remorseful for what you have done and you confess it to Jesus, He will forgive you. Isn't that good news? The one thing Jesus said to the woman caught in adultery when the Jews wanted to stone her, "Go and sin no more." Jesus meant that her indiscretion had been forgiven but she was not to continue in it. When you and I are sincerely remorseful and confess to Jesus, then He will forgive. He doesn't expect you or I to keep making the same choices to do what has already been expressed to Him as incorrect behavior. At that point, it is considered a willful choice and either the confession wasn't real in the heart or deliverance is needed. But in order to be delivered or cured from a perceived uncontrollable behavior, there has to be a strong desire to terminate the behavior. If you have no desire to terminate the behavior then how can you be remorseful for it? If you have no desire to terminate the behavior and aren't remorseful then what really took place in your confession? Is the confession from the heart? You cannot lie to the Lord because He already knows your thoughts and your heart.

The blasphemy is attributing to Satan what you know God has done. The only reason for someone doing that, like the Pharisees, is to continue in one's own way so they don't have to acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. Again, willful behavior.

Jesus forgives but it all starts with telling the truth, even though He already knows, He wants you to say it to Him. Will you confess today? Will you lay down your ways before Him today?