When a man repent and believe in his heart that God has raised Him from the dead and confess his sins to Lord Jesus Christ then he is saved. As in Romans 8:1 “So now there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ and walk according to the spirit which made us free from the law of sin and death”.
When we come to Jesus we are blessed to have a peaceful life in Him, but often we tend to lose this peace just by remembering all our past iniquities, transgression and our entire rebellious attitude against Lord. We also struggle lot to overcome this guilty conscience which is one of the powerful tool used by Satan to put us down, to make us to feel low in our spirit, to undergo depression, to make us feel unworthy to go to the presence of Holy Lord Jesus Christ. And we began to think whether this righteous God will accept worst sinner like us. At last we put an end to our Spiritual life thinking there is no hope to get back to God.
In bible Luke 19:2-10, there was a man named Zacchaeus.He was one of the most influential Jews in Roman tax collecting business, and he had become very rich by over charging people on their taxes. One day when Jesus made his way through his town, Zacchaeus tried to look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowds. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree beside the road to watch Him from there. When Jesus came by, He looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by his name and said. “Quick, come down! For I must be a guest in your home today”. This was displeased to the crowd, as they saw Zacchaeus as a notorious sinner. He was hated by his own Jewish people because he was accursed, cheater, selfish, pride, dishonest and not a man of integrity. But Jesus Christ never looked at his sins. He just looked at his soul which means so much to Jesus Christ. He loves him as he was. He accepted him as he was. Also he wanted to stay in his house. Feeling the love of Jesus Christ, Zacchaeus repent to Lord and said, “Look Lord, I give half of my wealth to the poor, and if I taken anything from anyone by false accusation, I restore it fourfold” Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a son of Abraham and I, the son of man, have come to seek and save those like him who are lost”.
Many times we might have turned aside, lost and gone away from God. But God showed his great love for us by sending Christ to die for us while we were still sinners. Even today God loves you and looks at you in a compassionate way as He looked at Zacchaeus. He wants to stay in your heart. Will you give a place for Him in your heart? When you repent from your sins, He not only forgives all your iniquities, removes all your transgression but also forgets it and remembers it no more. So if Almighty Lord Himself forgets it then why are you remembering it?
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