Forgiving Ourselves

I remember a young man stepping out of the baptistery to say, “God has forgiven me. Now I need to forgive myself.” He was right.

Failure to forgive ourselves provides Satan with a powerful tool for his destructive purposes. Satan can use the burden of past guilt to discourage and drag a soul through the mire. Energy and thoughts that should be spent on pushing forward with gratitude, worship, service and devotion can descend into a spiral of self-condemnation.

Christ’s blood is more powerful than our past sins. Hebrews 8:12 states the truth bluntly. “I will remember their sins no more.”

Scripture tells us to forgive others as God has forgiven us (Ephesians 4:32). If we fail to embrace our forgiveness, how well can we live in forgiving others?

Let’s not grant Satan an unnecessary weapon against us. We are God’s new creation.

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Barry Newton

Barry has worked with congregations in Texas, California and Brazil. He and his wife Sofia have two sons. He believes we should love God above all and that to honor this principle will shape daily decisions and silence competing values. Furthermore, we ought to love people in those ways we would like to be treated.

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