I’m Going to See the King (Here’s How I Received My Free Ticket)

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Someday I’m going to go see the King of Kings face to face. Here’s how I got my free ticket (and had my guilt and shame removed so I can be at peace in His presence).

Ending guilt requires something much more powerful than forgiving ourselves. It requires God’s forgiveness. God’s forgiveness can’t be earned. It’s a free gift that God offers to whoever will receive it. How is it received?

1) Humbly and sincerely acknowledge that you desperately need God’s forgiveness and directly ask Him to forgive you. A Pharisee bragged to God about his self-righteousness, but a tax collector prayed, “God, have mercy on me a sinner.” Jesus said about the tax collector: “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.”

2) Renounce, resist, and reject your sinful thoughts, behaviors, and temptations and rely on God’s forgiveness instead of on your own efforts to forgive yourself. Jesus calls that repentance. He says, “Repent and believe (rely on) the Gospel.” (See Mark 1:15.)

3) Let the awareness of the cosmic, colossal price that God paid for your forgiveness by giving His only Son as the sacrifice for your sins and the for the sins of the world, sink deeply into your heart. (See John 3:16.) Fully trust in and rely on the blood of Jesus, the power of His resurrection, and the reality of “Christ in you” to be sufficient to wash away your sins and to set you free from them.

4) Surrender the rest of your life to the resurrected Jesus. Open your heart and mind to a beautiful relationship with Him. Let Him continually woo you and lead you by His glorious daily presence and amazing eternal love.

5) Forgive everyone who has ever done you wrong. Jesus put it this way: “For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.”

Why trust in the weak human concept self-forgiveness? Instead prepare the way of the Lord in your heart and your life so that you can freely receive Christ’s powerful, everlasting forgiveness. That’s the only way to truly and totally be free from guilt.

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