Tag: What the Bible says about forgiveness for our sins

Bible Verse of The Day – 7-12-23

Psalm 32:1 (NKJV) 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

Those who view their sins as being the worst or of the greatest quantity often have the most passionate appreciation for God’s grace and mercy.

The reality, though, is that any sin forgiven is great, and to be greatly appreciated.

God’s word reminds us that not even one of us is perfect. We have all fallen short of what glorifies Him.

Romans 3:23 (NKJV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God…

It is in this that we must understand His grace and mercy, and show the gratitude that He is due.

It doesn’t matter if He rescued us from addictions, a life of crime, a life of sexual promiscuity or what we might think was a boring life with nothing eventful happening; we all need forgiveness and redemption.

We all need the washing of the blood of the Savior, and to be made whole; new creations in Christ.

And as we walk out this new life in Christ, let us not forget from where we have been lifted, and where we are going.

2 Corinthians 5:17 (NKJV) 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

This incredible salvation is the greatest gift that any one of us could ever receive, so let us be sure to always see it and honor it as such, whether we view our former transgressions as great or small.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

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Bible Verse of The Day – 1-13-23

Acts 9:1-2 (NKJV) 1 Then Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

Saul was zealous for God.

His zeal, however, had gone terribly wrong. His anger toward “people of the Way” was driving him to have them rounded up and brutally persecuted, including the deaths of some believers.

But God had a plan for Saul, and He was about to begin the execution of that plan as Saul made his way to Damascus.

As most of you probably already know, Saul encountered a sudden light that “shone around him from heaven”.

Saul fell to the ground, and as he did so, he heard Jesus speaking to him, addressing his persecution of believers.

Saul asked who this was that he could hear but not see.

Jesus went on to answer him, and when Saul realized that this was the very person whose disciples and followers he was persecuting, he had a sudden change of heart.

His tone and his attitude suddenly changed. And Saul asked, “Lord, what do You want me to do?”.

In the span of a few moments, Saul had gone from an enraged persecutor of Christians to a broken man, asking Jesus what He wanted him to do.

This is one of the most amazing and most rapid transformations of a man’s heart in the entirety of God’s word.

And here’s the best part of this whole thing; what God did for and with Saul, He can do for anyone.

God’s transforming power can change the heart of any man or woman who submits to Him and seeks His forgiveness.

God has seen it all. He has heard it all. Your sin isn’t too big for Him to forgive.

Go to Him. Repent; turn away from your sins. Ask Him to forgive you. Recognize and embrace Jesus as God’s son and your Savior. And let God show you the way forward.

And He will do for you what He did for Saul.

It’s never too late. And today is the day for you.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
49 N Lamplighters Walk
Hampstead, NC 28443

401-439-3780

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-6-20

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We all sin. There’s no question about that. And those sins may vary from one person to another as to the type and the frequency of those sins.

So, it’s safe to say that sin is something that we all have in common.

But there is one other thing that we have in common. We have a Father who is willing to forgive us and cleanse us from our sins!

All we need to do is confess those sins to Him and He is faithful to forgive those sins.

Even more, though, His word says that He is also faithful to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Think about this for a moment. If we are a child of God, even though we sin, sin has no hold on us if we understand how to deal with it.

And the best part is that this isn’t complicated. It doesn’t require a ritual. It doesn’t require a priest or a pastor. And it doesn’t require an animal sacrifice, or the shedding of blood.

The blood of Jesus, shed over 2,000 years ago, was enough to wash away every sin committed by every person, across the entire world, from the time of Genesis 1:1 to the very last person, in Revelation 22:21.

It’s up to us whether we pay attention to this and follow what God tells us to do. But it’s important that we remember that carrying unconfessed and unforgiven sin around is like carrying around a backpack. Each sin is like a rock that gets tossed into the backpack. Over time, that backpack will get pretty heavy if we don’t empty it out.

It will weigh us down to the point of causing us to become tired and weary from dragging it around. And before we know it, we won’t be able to bear the load any longer.

We need to go to Him. Confess our sin. Ask for forgiveness. And then work on fixing the things that keep causing us to sin.

It’s that easy.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 8-11-17

1 John 1:9 (NKJV) 9 If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Not forgiving ourselves for the things we have done in the past can cause us to be tormented, stressed out and living a life with no peace.

As we go to God and ask Him to forgive us for the sins that we have committed, He forgives us! He cleanses us from all unrighteousness. Not just a little of it, but ALL of it.

The question is “do we forgive ourselves for doing those things we did?”. Do we let it go and realize that we are not perfect and we will make bad choices sometimes?

The hard part for some of us isn’t asking God to forgive us, but finding it in us to forgive ourselves for what we did.

This is a big thing with a lot of Christians. They know God has forgiven them. But there’s this “BUT” that keeps nagging at them. It starts with “but I knew better and shouldn’t have, so I will not allow myself to forget what I’ve done. And I will be in pain and misery the rest of my life. And I will carry guilt and shame with me everywhere I go”.

This is wrong thinking. It is not how God wants us to live.

We have a tendency to think, just because we are believers, that we should do no wrong, and that Christians have no room to make a mistake. We find it very hard to accept it when we do mess up.

God never said that when you became His child that you would NOT make any mistakes. He knows that we will. And He doesn’t want us to beat up ourselves, or others, for making those mistakes.

He wants us to learn that, as soon as we know we have done something wrong, we should ask for His forgiveness, and then move on.

Get out from under torment and stress. Let’s stop walking around with a scowl on our faces. Smile and rejoice, for God has made provision for us and others to be set free from all unrighteousness! Amen.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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Bible Verse of The Day – 4-17-17

Romans 3:23-24 (NKJV) 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus…

We all want to please God. Or at least we should.

And sometimes, despite wanting to please Him, we make mistakes; bad choices.

Sometimes we do this on the spur of the moment. We don’t plan it ahead. It just happens.

Other times, we might make a choice knowing in advance that it’s not the right choice. We know that if we make this choice and follow through with it, God will be disappointed. But we go ahead and do it anyway.

And once we’ve done it, we feel terrible. Sometimes the regret sets in right away. Other times it might take a few hours, a few days, or even a few weeks. But we eventually feel remorseful about it and we repent before God.

But even if we repent, we can still be ridden with guilt over it. And sometimes we might even wonder if God will forgive us since we did this thing knowing in advance that it was wrong.

We want to reassure you that God offers His forgiveness for all of us, even when we knowingly do stupid stuff. It’s all part of His mercy and grace. No, He doesn’t like when we sin knowingly. But He still has compassion on us and forgives us if we sincerely repent and ask Him to forgive us.

Remember… That verse up at the top of the page says that “all” have sinned. So He doesn’t expect us to be perfect. He just wants us to have a sincere heart and grow in our love for Him, so that we will learn and understand what it takes to please Him.

And just as the father ran to the prodigal son, and welcomed him home, so God will also be waiting for us with open arms, ready to embrace us and forgive us.

Luke 15:20 (NKJV) 20 “And he arose and came to his father. But when he was still a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie

Seven Seas Ministries
P.O. Box 272
Bradford, RI 02808

401-315-0902

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