It is never too late to forgive and be forgiven.

The scripture that kinda jumped out at me this morning is Galatians 1:6. Paul writes “I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel.”

I have long held that it is not a bad thing to question religion – so long as you still understand that Jesus is the Christ. That he lives and because he lives we will also live throughout eternity. Where we will live is the question. Certainly if we have denied Christ and refused to follow his teachings we won’t live with him. It seems a very strange thing to those of us who know Christ and are filled with his peace and love that those who have not accepted Christ the thought of him is terrifying.  The scriptures tell us that when he comes again this last time the wicked will pray for the mountains to fall and cover them.

One of Satan’s tools is to make us believe that we are so bad that it’s too late for us. I see this a lot with children who have been molested or have been enticed into sexual misconduct. They feel so bad about themselves that they have lost hope and believe that they must continue down Satan’s path. Suicide to them is the only way out, the only thing that makes sense to them and yet the thought of facing God or Christ terrifies them. Please realize that not all suicide is for this reason. But for those who cut and punish themselves this is often for this reason. Often they repress the act, and don’t remember this thing that someone else did to them that makes them feel so bad.  In fact the more righteous, pure and good they are, the more difficult this horrible secret is to face.

This is not where I intended to take this scripture this morning. I thought I was going to talk about how weak we are and how we often backslide into our old ways. The only cure for our removing ourselves from the grace of Christ in either case is to forgive ourselves and renew our promises or covenants. It is never too late to forgive and be forgiven.