There are two extremes that people fluctuate between – either falling on God’s grace too much, when they might not be saved, or worrying constantly that their sins may not be forgiven, and diminishing the Glory of God on the cross, by denying His full atonement for our sin.

Not sure where you all fall out, my struggle is more with the latter.  Here’s what I want to say: We all sin every day – every one of us.  We should hate our sin / desire more of God, because He is where our joy is found.  Our joy in God should be driving us to want more of Him, and in pursuing Him, our sin will become less (never fully gone).  My encouragement today is to ask yourself where you fall out, and evaluate yourself based on the scripture below.  Pray as you are led accordingly.  Know that each of you is a blessing from God, and we are all in this together.

1 John 1:5-10 ⁵ This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. ⁸ If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. ⁹ If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

Grace and Peace,
Adam