This comment by CS Lewis ought to be memorized and lived by everyone who’s become a child of God through their faith in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus for their individual sins:
“I think that if God forgives us, we must forgive ourselves. Otherwise, it is almost like setting up ourselves as a higher tribunal (a higher court) than Him.”
Said a different way, how dare we sit in the corner nursing our guilty conscience when the faithful, and utterly trustworthy God has said to the penitent: I forgive you?
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2024-08-06 16:19:39
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