And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
satan is a liar. BUT I WON’T BELIEVE HIM.
satan is a thief. BUT I WON’T LET HIM STEAL MY FUTURE.
satan is not my friend. HE IS MY ENEMY.
satan wants to destroy me. WITH GOD’S HELP I WON’T LET HIM!
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Lies satan tells us to keep us focused on our past:
1. God is a liar – THAT’S A LIE!
Truth – Psalm 92:15
“The Lord is upright; He is my Rock, and there is no wickedness in Him.”
Hebrews 6:18
….it is impossible for God to lie.
2. God will not forgive you for that – THAT’S A LIE!
Truth – 1 John 1:9
If we confess our sins, He (God) is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
3. God wants you to feel condemned – THAT’S A LIE!
Truth – Romans 8:1
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
4. God remembers your sins after He forgives you - THAT’S A LIE!
Truth – Hebrews 8:12
For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.
5. God wants you to be miserable in order to pay for your sins - THAT’S A LIE!
Truth – Romans 5:8
But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
How do we forgive ourselves?
1. Realize you are not perfect.
Philippians 3:12a
Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect,
2. Keep moving toward what Christ has for you – healing and forgiveness.
Philippians 3:12b
but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.
3. Recognize your past.
Philippians 3:13a
Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it.
4. Leave your past in the past.
Philippians 3:13b
But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,
Isaiah 43:18-19a
Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
5. Run looking forward not back.
Philippians 3:14
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
6. Keep forgiving yourself.
7. Have something tangible to remind you of being forgiven.
EXAMPLES – Forgiveness journal. Throw a sin rock.
Micah 7:19
You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea.
2 Corinthians 5:17
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation: The old has gone, the new is come!
