A Question for All - No. 5 - "Can We Know Our Sins Are Forgiven?"

From: The Beacon Light By: Unknown Author

• 1 min. read • grade level: 7

Yes, we can! God has made this very clear for us in the Bible. How thankful we should be! Three apostles speak on the subject:

First, Peter says in his preaching in Acts: "Through His (that is, Jesus') Name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins."1 He also tells us in his epistle that "Christ suffered for us," and that "His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree." 2

Then again, Paul preaches forgiveness of sins, saying, "Through this Man (the Lord Jesus) is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him all that believe are justified from all things."3 He tells us, too, that "we have redemption through His (Jesus') blood, the forgiveness of sins."4

The apostle John also writes to believers and says, "Your sins are forgiven you for His Name's sake."5 He also says that Jesus has "loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood.”6

In Heb. 10 we read, "And their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more." Yes, we may say again, we can know that our sins are forgiven, that is, if we are believers on the Lord Jesus Christ—the Son of God. It is all because "Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God."7

M. W. B.

1. Acts 10:43⁴³To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. (Acts 10:43)

2. 1 Peter 2:21, 24²¹For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: (1 Peter 2:21)
²⁴Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24)

3. Acts 13:38, 39³⁸Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: ³⁹And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:38‑39)

4. Eph. 1:7⁷In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; (Ephesians 1:7)

5. 1 John 2:12¹²I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. (1 John 2:12)

6. Rev. 1:5⁵And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, (Revelation 1:5)

7. 1 Peter 3:18¹⁸For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: (1 Peter 3:18)

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