How can I be free from sin’s guilt and power? - Sin - TouchPoints

Psalm 19:12How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults.

Psalm 51:2-3Wash me clean from my guilt. Purify me from my sin. For I recognize my rebellion; it haunts me day and night.

Psalm 139:23-24Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.

We should begin by asking God to reveal sinful areas in our lives so we can confess them in repentance and have our hearts cleansed of sin.

Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.”

Zechariah 13:1“On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.”

Matthew 26:28“This is my blood, which confirms the covenant between God and his people. It is poured out as a sacrifice to forgive the sins of many.”

2 Corinthians 5:21God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ.

Hebrews 9:14Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.

God has made it possible for the stain of your sin to be removed through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Ezra 10:11“So now confess your sin to the Lord, the God of your ancestors, and do what he demands. Separate yourselves from the people of the land and from these pagan women.”

Isaiah 1:16Wash yourselves and be clean! Get your sins out of my sight. Give up your evil ways.

1 John 1:9If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.

Confessing our sins to God and turning away from them to obey God is the only way to be free from sin’s power and our guilt. When we confess our sins to God, he forgives us and forgets them, no longer holding them against us or bringing them up.

Romans 6:6, 18We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. . . . Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.

Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have nailed the passions and desires of their sinful nature to his cross and crucified them there.

Because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, those who have faith in him are free from the power of sin. This doesn’t mean we will no longer sin, but that sin’s power to enslave us has been defeated.