Feeling far from God?

38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,[a] neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 8:38-39

For Christians who have been saved through Christ the verse above can be the most comforting and reassuring when going through many trials, attacks and tribulation as I know it has been many times in my own walk. God's love can protect us from anything it is so wonderful to know that no matter how unloved or far from God we may feel His love has the power to exceed it all. God's love has been shown to everyone in the world since the beginning of time and He has given every being an opportunity to be saved from sin. It doesn't matter how big our sin is Jesus already knew all the sins you would commit in your lifetime as He came to earth to give his life as a living sacrifice for us all, yes that includes you. (see Romans 6:10) But how will we react to this opportunity? The Bible gives us two ways we will either accept and believe by faith that Jesus has washed all our sins away and stop serving sin by doing so we will cross from death to life (see John 5:24) or we will reject this offer and be thrown into the lake of burning sulfur. (see Revelation 20:15) There is no middle ground you cannot be in the middle, you are either saved or not, there is NO lukewarm stage that is to not be saved. (see Revelation 3:16)

You can be saved though by believing by faith in Jesus Christ that his sacrifice was enough to cleanse us from our sin and then turn away from our sin to serve Christ - repentance and belief (see John 3:16)

As Christians though who have these beautiful promises that we can never be separated from God we must not use this as an excuse to be lazy, we need to keep drawing near to God in prayer despite the attacks and we must be careful because we are told to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (see Phillipians 2:12) so that we do not get distracted or deceived and lose our way. (see Matthew 24:24)

A helpful verse for me to remember is though I am free to make choices. Not everything is beneficial (see 1 Corinthians 10:23) and the best thing is to be in God's will and led by the Holy Spirit.

Be encouraged,

Jaleen x

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What is Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit?

“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. 31 And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. Matthew 12:32

Many times I have actually cried and been so anxious about this verse and thought to myself thinking I was guilty of this. In my heart I know that Jesus is my Lord and I love God-The Father, Son and Holy Spirit and I feel like there are times that my mind sets itself up against God and in the past I've hated myself for this. This verse may make genuine believers think that if they have said a cuss word or something then they have committed this sin but we have to dig deeper the true meaning is different. 

First of all we have to realize that God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit are one (3 in 1) so if you say a word against the Holy Spirit, you have also spoken against the Son and the Father too. Note that Jesus says sin against the Son of Man will be forgiven but speaking against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. To understand what it means to speak against the Holy Spirit in this verse you have to understand what the role of the Holy Spirit is:

The Holy Spirit testifies to Jesus (see 1 John 5:6) so if someone deliberately rejects Jesus' Testimony they are saying that what the Holy Spirit testifies to is wrong and they are speaking against the Holy Spirit and they blaspheme against the Holy Spirit.

The reason that these people cannot be saved is not because the sin is to big for Jesus to forgive but rather that they will never be saved because they have rejected the only way to be saved and they will never come to Jesus for forgiveness. Don't get me wrong though speaking against the Holy Spirit or God is still wrong and it is sin which can be forgiven by Jesus. No sin is to big for Jesus to forgive but if we reject Jesus' testimony there is no way for us to be forgiven.

So let us draw near to God and repent of our sins in the name of Jesus whilst there is still time. 

Be encouraged 

Jaleen x

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