There are a lot of things in life that we face and go through. Good times bad times, hurts, happy or sad. We know how we feel when we are happy and when we are sad. We know what affects us. This is reality to us.
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what is God's reality? God's reality says that he loved us so much that he gave his only begotten son to take away the sins of the world. Well how does that work? When Jesus gave his life for us, he took our place and paid the price for sin that we were supposed to pay but couldn't. Remember the bible says; for the wages of sin is death. Because of sin we were all sentenced to death, but he loved us with an everlasting love, the type of love that a parent has for their child. No matter how much our children mess up, we still love them and will always give them a second chance. Well God did, that for us, he has given man a second chance, but only if we asks for it. Hmmmm? When we become sorry for our sins and we repent and ask for his forgiveness he forgives us. But this is only done through the death of his son Jesus. When we repent and ask forgiveness through the name of Jesus, God forgives us and his reality is, he forgets it forever. Jesus took the beatings not us; it was Jesus that was pierced in the side, not us. It was Jesus that wore a crown of thorns on his head, not us. Yes it was Jesus that was nailed to the cross, nope it wasn't us. Jesus was the one that hung on the cross and didn't say a word concerning all the pain and suffering that he endured for us, you, and me. But he did asks this of the father; he said father forgive them for they know not what they do. That was his reality! Are your hurts and pains greater than his?
Our reality says that when people hurt us we are to seek revenge, even though God's reality says vengeance is mine and I will repay. Our reality says when someone has wronged us and they ask for forgiveness, we say we forgive them but we are not going to forget it; when in all actuality we are saying no; I will not forgive you, this is our reality. God's reality tells us to forgive as he forgives us. We think about it this way; if God forgave us as we forgive each other, guess what; our sins are forever before us. Yes that would mean that we are all still in sin. Think about how much you have sinned since you were able to sin, and you went to God every time you felt bad about what you have done, and some of us have repeated those same mistakes over and over again. We still went and asked for forgiveness. Now if God was to do us as we do each other; just imagine all those sins are still there. Wow! Sorry, that's our reality. I thank God that our reality is not his reality. When we truly repent and ask him for forgiveness, he says yes I forgive you and he forgets it. That's God's reality.
James Grimsley
Truth and Guidance Ministries
Have you ever stopped and asked yourself what is God's reality? God's reality says that he loved us so much that he gave his only begotten son to take away the sins of the world. Well how does that work? When Jesus gave his life for us, he took our place and paid the price for sin that we were supposed to pay but couldn't. Remember the bible says; for the wages of sin is death. Because of sin we were all sentenced to death, but he loved us with an everlasting love, the type of love that a parent has for their child. No matter how much our children mess up, we still love them and will always give them a second chance. Well God did, that for us, he has given man a second chance, but only if we asks for it. Hmmmm? When we become sorry for our sins and we repent and ask for his forgiveness he forgives us. But this is only done through the death of his son Jesus. When we repent and ask forgiveness through the name of Jesus, God forgives us and his reality is, he forgets it forever. Jesus took the beatings not us; it was Jesus that was pierced in the side, not us. It was Jesus that wore a crown of thorns on his head, not us. Yes it was Jesus that was nailed to the cross, nope it wasn't us. Jesus was the one that hung on the cross and didn't say a word concerning all the pain and suffering that he endured for us, you, and me. But he did asks this of the father; he said father forgive them for they know not what they do. That was his reality! Are your hurts and pains greater than his?
Our reality says that when people hurt us we are to seek revenge, even though God's reality says vengeance is mine and I will repay. Our reality says when someone has wronged us and they ask for forgiveness, we say we forgive them but we are not going to forget it; when in all actuality we are saying no; I will not forgive you, this is our reality. God's reality tells us to forgive as he forgives us. We think about it this way; if God forgave us as we forgive each other, guess what; our sins are forever before us. Yes that would mean that we are all still in sin. Think about how much you have sinned since you were able to sin, and you went to God every time you felt bad about what you have done, and some of us have repeated those same mistakes over and over again. We still went and asked for forgiveness. Now if God was to do us as we do each other; just imagine all those sins are still there. Wow! Sorry, that's our reality. I thank God that our reality is not his reality. When we truly repent and ask him for forgiveness, he says yes I forgive you and he forgets it. That's God's reality.
James Grimsley
Truth and Guidance Ministries