as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:12
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool. Isa 1:18
The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lam 3:22-23
He is so rich in kindness and grace that he purchased our freedom with the blood of his Son and forgave our sins. Eph 1:7
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Romans 8:1
But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness. 1 John 1:9
Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the LORD." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Psalm 32:5
God hates me. He is punishing me because of my sins.
Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice. Jobs 34:12
He does not punish us for all our sins; he does not deal harshly with us, as we deserve.
He does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities.
For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; Psalm 103:10-11
And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. Eph 3:18
For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies.
For your unfailing love is higher than the heavens. Your faithfulness reaches to the clouds.
Psalm 57:10, Psalm 36:5, Psalm 108:4
The LORD is slow to anger, abounding in love and forgiving sin and rebellion. Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.'
I lavish unfailing love to a thousand generations. I forgive iniquity, rebellion, and sin. But I do not excuse the guilty. I lay the sins of the parents upon their children and grandchildren; the entire family is affected--even children in the third and fourth generations." Num 14:18, Exo 34:7
But God is so rich in mercy, and he loved us so much, that even though we were dead because of our sins, he gave us life when he raised Christ from the dead. (It is only by God's grace that you have been saved!)
Eph 2:4-5
I am a failure in life. I have no hopes and dreams and ambitions. I am a refuse of the world. Nobody likes me. I hate my life.
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. Col 1:27
For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. Isa 43:18
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 2 Cor 5:17
See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. Isa 65:17
Brothers and sisters, 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. Let all who are spiritually mature agree on these things. If you disagree on some point, I believe God will make it plain to you. But we must hold on to the progress we have already made. Phil 3:13-16
As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture:“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,“The stone that the builders rejected
and“A stone of stumbling,
They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. 1 Peter 2:4-10
O Israel, hope in the LORD! For with the LORD there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. Psalm 103:7
See how very much our Father loves us, for he calls us his children, and that is what we are! But the people who belong to this world don't recognize that we are God's children because they don't know him. Dear friends, we are already God's children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is. All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. Everyone who sins is breaking God's law, for all sin is contrary to the law of God. But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him. 1 John 3:1-6
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father's care. And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Mat 10:29-31
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector
To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everyone else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other people—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’
“But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner.’
“I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Luke 18:9-14
He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
John 3:30
He must become greater and greater, and I must become less and less.
John 3:30
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