God of Many Chances
"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God." Romans 3:23, we can't deny that we are all sinners: liars, gossipers, idolaters, sexually immoral, and all of the like [see Galatians 5:19-22, I Corinthians 6:9-10, Revelation 21:8] and it is said in Romans 6:23, "For the wages of sin is death,..." Not Just death in the body, but everlasting death of our souls in hell, were there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth! But God is a God of many chances!!!
"though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand" Psalm 37:24. Sometimes we, Christians, can't stop from sinning and the guilt we feel is so great that we feel like we can't go on for the Lord. But God is a God of many chances, even if we fall 7 times we will rise again 7 times over, "for though a righteous man falls seven times, he rises again,.." Proverbs 24:16. God upholds us and no one can can snatch us out of His hands. "I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one can snatch them out of my hand." John 10:28
If you feel like you can't go on for the Lord, remember His words, His promises to you. He is faithful, "being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus." Philippians 1:6, and He will finish what He has started in you. Take heart brother/sister, remember that we have a good God and He is faithful, He forgives, He hears, He molds, He changes, He transforms us! But we must learn from the past and from others mistakes and we should move on, we must press on for the Lord. As Paul said, "Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14, Press on brother, press on, God is faithful!
"being confident of this,
that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion
until the day of Christ Jesus."
Philippians 1:6
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