The God Pardon

THEREFORE, there is now no condemnation no adjudging guilty of wrong for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. Rom 8:1(Amp)

Can simply believing that God raised Christ from the dead and confessing Jesus as Lord be sufficient payment for your sins? Can the slate really be wiped clean of all your iniquities and sins just like that? It looks too simple to be true, yet it is. Welcome to the God pardon. But first, let us consider a similitude of it called ‘the prerogative of mercy’ or what is popularly called ‘Executive Pardon’.

An executive pardon is at the discretion of the president/governor and is granted to any offender (convicted or accused) to acquit the offender and erase the offence or alleged offence. Whereas justice demands a commensurate punishment for every offence i.e death sentence, imprisonment, fines or probation and the offender is labelled for life as an ex-convict, the executive pardon gives the beneficiary a new life entirely without any remembrance of the offence. The ex-convict might be barred from voting and is often limited in the job opportunities available, but the recipient of the pardon knows no such limitations.

If then the systems of this world recognizes and accepts the executive pardon as a valid process for justice, how much more you whom the creator of heaven and earth has made free and pardoned of all sins? Hear what God has to say about you

… for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. Heb 8:11-12

Who dares accuse us whom God has chosen for his own? Will God? No! He is the one who has given us right standing with himself. Rom 8:33

If the Son, therefore, shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. John 8:36

So walk boldly with your head held high without any sense of guilt or condemnation because you are the recipient of the God pardon.