Counsel #12 — Living Your New Identity

Picture: Counsel #12 — Living Your New IdentityCSL 22.1

Satan is a stalking predator, constantly trying to pull you back into old mistakes, old sinful patterns. But if you mess up, Jesus is ready to hear your confession, forgive you, and give you strength against Satan’s future temptations. Everyone makes mistakes, but as God’s Spirit makes your sins plain, if you humbly confess them, He will restore you!CSL 22.2

For every person who truly repents, God promises, "I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed you."^{[23]Isaiah 44:22} Your heartfelt confession reaches a God of infinite compassion. Your sins may feel mountainous, but if you humble yourself, confess, and trust the promises of your crucified and risen Savior, He will forgive and cleanse you of all wrong.^{[24] https://adventistreview.org/magazine-article/what-god-does-with-failure/} CSL 22.3

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9 NKJVCSL 22.4

“We shall often have to bow down and weep at the feet of Jesus because of our shortcomings and mistakes; but we are not to be discouraged. Even if we are overcome by the enemy, we are not cast off, not forsaken and rejected of God.” Ellen White in Steps to Christ, p. 64CSL 22.5

Reflect: How does the idea that "we are not cast off, not forsaken and rejected of God" when we "bow down and weep at the feet of Jesus because of our shortcomings" encourage you to keep trying and not give up?CSL 22.6