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Tuesday 20 August 2019

Will Jesus forgive my sins?


Will Jesus forgive my sins?
Will God forgive my sins?

To answer the question “will Jesus forgive my sins?” first, we have to understand that people asks these questions not because they don’t know the answer to the question primarily but rather sometimes they are not sure if they are forgiven or not… I’ll try my best to write out an answer for you if you can be patient reading through this blog post.

In this article, we’ll be seeing an elaborate explanation to your question and see the following:

  1. Character of God
  2. The Depravity & Condemnation of Man
  3. The Great Dilemma
  4. God’s Action
  5. Motivated by love
  6. The Cross of Christ
  7. The Resurrection
  8. Faith defined
  9. Will God / Jesus forgive my sins?
  10. The Basis of Genuine Assurance
  11. Test of Biblical assurance


(1) The Character of God

The first question you should be asking is: “Why do I need to ask Jesus to forgive me?”

This brings us to the focus of some of the many characters of God.

The Holiness of God
“Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, and You cannot look on wickedness with favor.”
(Habakkuk 1:13)

In God, there is no imperfection; there is neither sin nor anything evil. He is separated from all things that are not perfect and nothing is equal to Him.

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear.
(Isaiah 59:2)

What separates us from God is our sin. Because of sin, mankind has been separated from God and we have no more fellowship with Him as Adam and Eve once had with God Himself in the Garden of Eden.



The Justice of God
For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; the upright will behold His face.
(Psalm 11:7)

God is also Just. What does that mean? He upholds Justice. He is righteous. He is a Good and a Holy God.

But the LORD of hosts will be exalted in judgment, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
(Isaiah 5:16)

God is a righteous judge, and a God who has indignation every day. If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready.
(Psalm 7:11-12)

Imagine a Good Judge in court Judging with Justice and Righteousness the cases presented to Him. A Good Judge will not turn a blind eye to injustice or evil, He is not bought with mere gold or money to pardon evil-doers. He does not sweep wicked deeds under the rug and pretends not to see it later on. He is a Good and a Just God; and His justice must be satisfied.

(2) The Depravity & Condemnation of Man

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
(Romans 3:23)

God’s standard for Himself is perfection. No sin can ever enter Heaven and come before Him. Ask yourself there questions:

Have you ever told a lie?
Have you ever stolen anything? Big or small – doesn’t matter – ever steal?
Have you ever hated anybody that you wished for them to die?
Have you ever see another woman/man and lusted over them in your heart?

The Bible call these things sin, it is wicked and against God’s Commandment or God’s Standards. To be compared to God’s Standards, it is impossible for any human being to actually achieve total holiness and not ever sin in their whole life since birth. Even children would learn how to lie without anyone telling them how. All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

For all of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment
(Isaiah 64:6)

Previously, I was a Buddhist before I converted to be a Believer of Christ
If you got the time, you can read my testimony >>here<<

Man then creates activities/ good works/ religious rituals to somehow please God. Thinking that doing ‘certain-good-works’ would then appease God’s Heart. Imagining themselves giving to the poor, doing good things to other people and/or helping an old lady cross the road would merit themselves to enter Heaven and tipping the scale of their previous evil doings or sins. Having a self-righteous mind that keeping certain rituals would cleanse sin away from themselves or even believing such things like Karma; there is a giant scale that weighs good deeds and evil deeds of a person in Heaven… and to enter heaven the good deeds must outweigh the evil deeds. To God – All these “…righteous deeds are like a filthy garment” (Isaiah 64:6)


 “For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse; for it is written, ACCURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM.
(Galatians 3:10)

To actually be right-with-God is to keep ALL His commandments and break none of them. Considering that even when you are a child, you already had the tendency to commit sin… This feat is impossible.

(3) The Great Dilemma

He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.
(Proverbs 17:15)

The great dilemma is this – if God is Just… He cannot forgive you. He must be a God who upholds Justice and must Judge the wicked. As I have mentioned earlier, He can’t turn a blind eye to the sins we have committed sweep it under a rug pretending it never happened. It is against His Word and His Character.

Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?
(Genesis 18:25)

Shall not God deal justly?

So, back to your question – Can Jesus forgive my sins? Let us continue with this article. Where is our hope to attain Salvation from the Lord?

(4) God's Action

While maintaining His holiness and justice, the Bible also affirms that God is love, and that in love He has responded to the plight of man.

(5) Motivated by Love

God is love. By this the love of God is manifested in us, that God sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
(1 John 4:8-10)

God sees our need to be saved. We were without hope in this world but God sent His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ… The Lord Jesus Christ…

(6) The Cross of Christ

For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
(Romans 3:23-26)

Imagine being in a court and facing the Good Judge before you… God declares the verdict “GUILTY” and suddenly a Man comes and intervenes. He takes your place of punishment and took it upon Himself all the scourging and the punishment of your sin… He was Judged in your place… The Lord Jesus Christ was crushed, punished and experienced the full force of God’s Wrath towards sin… yours and mine upon the cross. God’s Justice was satisfied and he “…would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” It’s not that our sin disappeared to nowhere, our sin was punished… Jesus became sin for us and was crushed for it. We who are saved are justified when we put our faith in Jesus.

(7) The Resurrection

He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification.
(Romans 4:25)

The resurrection of The Lord Jesus Christ proves that in Him there was no sin; and also proved Jesus to be Who He said He was.

(8) Man's Response

Repentance begins with a recognition and confession that what God says about us is true that we have sinned.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against You, You only, I have sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified when You speak and blameless when You judge.
(Psalm 51:3-4)

A genuine recognition of our sinfulness and guilt will also lead to genuine sorrow, shame and even hatred for what we have done.

For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate.
(Romans 7:15)

Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from this body of death?
(Romans 7:24)

Apparent sincerity of confession alone is never definite evidence of genuine repentance. It must be accompanied by a turning away from sin.

Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil.
(Isaiah 1:16)

therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
(Matthew 3:10)

(9) Faith Defined

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
(Hebrews 11:1)

and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform.
(Romans 4:21)

(8) Faith Based on The Promises of God

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.
(John 3:16)

Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved
(Acts 16:31)

Simply believe in The Lord Jesus Christ. Have faith in what he has done for your life.

(9) Example of a Believer

worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh
(Philippians 3:3)

(10) The Basis of Genuine Assurance

True conversion: A true Christian is a new creation and will live a life that reflects God's radical work of re-creation in his/her life.

Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.
(2 Corinthians 5:17)

You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
(Matthew 7:16)

Assurance is based upon self-examination in the light of Scripture. Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you unless indeed you fail the test? 2 Corinthians 13:5

These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life.
(1 John 5:13)

(11) Test of Biblical Assurance

How would you know if you’re saved? I would not know truly by looking at your picture… Who knows what’s in your heart of hearts or even your deepest thoughts. You would have assurance and good signs will follow you as you walk with Jesus day by day by day.

  • 1 John 1:5-7 (Walking in the Light)
  • 1 John 1:8-10 (Confession of Sin)
  • 1 John 2:3-4 (Obedience)
  • 1 John 2:9-11 (Love for the Brethren)
  • 1 John 2:15-17 (Hatred for the World)
  • 1 John 2:24-25(Perseverance in Doctrine)
  • 1 John 3:10 (Righteousness)
  • 1 John 4:13 (Spirit's Testimony)
  • Hebrews 12:5-8 (Discipline)


Will Jesus forgive your sins?

Yes. Believe in Him. Believe in the Good News of what He has done for you on the cross… and why…

For He has risen from the dead and now He is reaching out to you

How about you reach out to Him now?