S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries

Never does the Bible talk about the idea of "forgiving yourself." We are told to forgive others when they trespass against us and seek forgiveness. When we ask for God's forgiveness based upon Chri...

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Jack Gutknecht Supporter Arizona Bible College graduate and Dallas Seminary graduate

What does God do with our sins? He has cast all my sins behind his back, removed our transgressions from us as far as the east is from the west, cast all our sins into the depths of the sea, and more!

Isaiah 38:17
Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

The Bible also says this about God's forgiveness of our sins:

(Ps 103:12) As far as the east is from the west, So far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

(Mic 7:19)... And thou will cast all of their sins into the depths of the sea.

(Isa 44:22) I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, And, as a cloud thy sins:...

(Jeremiah 31:34 ESV) And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

And implied in Paul's statement (in Colossians 3:13 "Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the LORD forgave you") is that you must forgive yourself as the LORD forgave you!

If God can forgive you, then you must forgive yourself also.

Also, see 4 Steps to Forgiving Yourself for Past Mistakes
Frank Santora is a pastor who can help!

I love this song, "What Sin?" by 
Morgan Cryar ‧ 2003

It happened so long ago
And I cried out for mercy back then
I plead the blood of Jesus
Begged him to forgive my sin
But I still can't forget it
It just won't go away
So I wept again, "Lord wash my sin, "
But this is all He'd say

What sin, what sin?
Well that's as far away
as the east is from the west
What sin, what sin?
It was gone the very minute you confessed
Buried in the sea of forgetfulness

The heaviest thing you'll carry
Is a load of guilt and shame
You were never meant to bear them
So let them go in Jesus name
Our God is slow to anger
Quick to forgive our sin
So let Him put them under the blood
Don't bring them up again
Cause He'll just say

What sin, what sin?
Well that's as far away
as the east is from the west
What sin, what sin?
It was gone the very minute you confessed
Buried in the sea of forgetfulness

Lord, please deliver me
from my accusing memory
Nothing makes me weak this way,
Then when I hear you say
What sin, what sin?
Well that's as far away
as the east is from the west

What sin, what sin?
It was gone the very minute you confessed
Buried in the sea of forgetfulness.

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