How can God keep forgiving us over and over and over again for the sins we commit? A more bewildering question is WHY would God be willing to keep forgiving us over and over and over again? Jesus teaches in Matthew 18:21-35 that we need to forgive others when they sin against us and repent just like our heavenly Father forgives us – even if it is 7x 70(= continuous forgiveness). Maybe the problem to comprehending God’s forgiveness is that we struggle to forgive others – especially repeat offenders, and therefore, we might think God too has a hard time forgiving us over and over and over again. But that’s why God’s grace is amazing. In I John 1:7,9 the apostle writes, “But if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin…If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  (In the N.T. Greek it means God continuously forgives us as we walk by faith.)

There are some things in the Bible that are hard to believe – God repeatedly forgiving us is one of them. But as we grow in faith we come to realize that if God says it that settles it and we need to believe it. So every day we keep coming back to God after we give in to the temptations of the devil. We make every effort to go away from temptation and sin, we ask God to forgive us, we accept his forgiveness so we can live freely for Him, unfettered from guilt and shame. Then we top it off by asking the Holy Spirit to help us live more like Jesus as we go on our way rejoicing, more devoted to Jesus than ever. Read Micah 7:18-19. Then listen to Back to You by MercyMe – then go on your way rejoicing.

Micah 7:18-19