At some point in your life, did you do something that you have never been able to forgive yourself for? If the truth were known, probably most of us have. Three things can keep you from forgiving yourself.
- You have a faulty understanding of God's mercy, grace, and forgiveness.
- You are punishing yourself unnecessarily for sins on an ongoing basis by repeatedly rehearsing your failures in your mind.
- You long for assurance that you will never do anything like that again.
To forgive yourself you must understand guilt and forgiveness through God's attributes. He is holy, just, loving, merciful, and forgiving.Nehemiah 9:17 . . . but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness . . .The Bible says that God accepts us on the basis of what Christ did, not on what we do. His forgiveness is a gift, not something we earn.When you confess and repent of your sins, the highest Judge in the universe forgives you -- God Himself, so you must forgive yourself.No one is ever beyond forgiveness. God views all sin as sin. Calvary covers them all.
