God forgives our sins when we repent and believe in the name of Jesus Christ and trust Him. Satan is an accuser and one of his primary goals is to elude the clarity of our conscience and as a prowling lion, waits to devour us. The devil sows seeds of doubts, anxieties, confusions and everything possible to rob us of the peace that God offers us.
All these things are because the devil feels insecure when we cling on to God and decide to give up our own “SELF”. Satan knows that he cannot fight against us when we are with God and so he uses our own selfish desires to separate us from God. Let us never fall prey to this well known trick of satan by which he has brought many down.
We need to drive away the devil in the name of Jesus Christ. The Bible says in James 4:7“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you”. As we are reading this article, let us take a moment to analyze whether we resist the devil all the times by submitting ourselves to God, or we depend on our own strength and get defeated all the time.
We are in a spiritual warfare with the enemy. We can never win over him by our own strength. We need spiritual weapons to fight the spiritual battles and only God can provide it to us. The full armor of God is needed for the battle. We need to put all our plans and strategies away and trust in God’s protection and the victory that He has given us through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary.
Ephesians 6:11-18 says “11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests”
Whenever we are confused and bogged down by the worldly trials, the enemy rejoices. We should not allow this and should always be aware of the wonderful fact that no matter whatever happens, two things are for sure.
1. If we live, God is with us.
2. If we die, We will be with God
The next time when we are confused about forgiveness from sin, let us remember 1 John 1:9“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness”.
