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Is God really going to forgive me if I confess my sins? How far is God willing to forgive my sins? I've sinned too many times in my life, can God really forgive me? My sins are really bad, can God forgive me? If God can forgive me for everything I've done wrong should I also forgive others who has done wrong to me?

Q. What is God willing to do for us? Micah 7:18-19

A. [Look it up] God is willing to pardon all our iniquities and pass over our transgressions. He does not want to be angry with us. Instead He wants to be merciful to us and give us compassion. He is so willing to forgive us of all our wrongdoings that He wants to cast all of our sins into the depths of the sea.

Q. What does God want to forget? Hebrews 8:12

A. “For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more.” God wants to forget all of our wrongdoings and our lawless deeds. He wants to remember them no more. From the previous question, God wants to forgive our sins. From this question, God wants to forget we ever sinned. So God has a forgive and forget type of mindset where we are concerned.

Q. What is another thing God want to do with our sins? Acts 3:19

A. “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.” God wants to blot them out. He wants to make all our sins go away, as if they never existed. He wants to make us happy, whole and new.

Q. Does God freely forgive our sins? 1 John 1:9

A. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Yes God does freely forgive our sins, but we must do something for His forgiveness. We must first show Him that we want His forgiveness by coming to Him and confessing all our sins.

Q. What does the prophet Isaiah say about our sins being blotted out? Isaiah 44:22

A. “I have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, And like a cloud, your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.” God blotted our sins and transgressions out like a thick cloud, so we can return to Him and be redeemed.

A. “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake; And I will not remember your sins” (Isaiah 43:25). Here, again, God wants to blot out our transgressions and forget out sins. What a wonderful God He is.

Q. What is one thing Gods forgiveness will do for us? Psalms 32:1

A. “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.” Gods forgiveness brings us blessings of happiness.

Q. If we turn away from our wicked ways and our unrighteous thoughts and come to the Lord, what will God do for us? Isaiah 55:7

A. [Look it up] God will have mercy on us and abundantly pardon our sins.

Q. Is anyone too bad for God to love and forgive? Nehemiah 9:17

A. “They refused to obey, And they were not mindful of Your wonders that You did among them. But they hardened their necks, And in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their bondage. But You are God, ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, abundant in kindness, and did not forsake them.” It doesn't matter what we've done wrong, no one is too bad for God's forgiveness. If God was willing to do this for the people Nehemiah wrote about, God is willing to do it for all of humanity, no matter what. He stands ready, with open arms to welcome you to come to Him. God will not forsake you.

Q. What is a part of God's character? Colossians 1:14

A. “In whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” Forgiveness is rooted in the very character of God.

Q. How far is God willing to forgive us? Psalms 103:3

A. “Who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases.” When God forgives us, it complete. He also wants to heal us as well.

Q. How many sin is God willing to forgive for us? Luke 7:47

A. “Therefore I say to you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.” God is willing to forgive our many sins. This is saying, it doesn't matter how many sins we have committed, God just wants to forgive us and give us eternal life.

Q. Because God forgives us, shouldn't we also forgive others? Ephesians 4:32

A. “And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you.” Since God is willing to for give us of all our wrongs, we should be willing to forgive each other as well. No matter what someone has done to us - we should forgive them - because if that person who did something bad to you happened to go to God for forgiveness, He would forgive that person, the same as God would forgive you.

Q. If some one has done us wrong and that person comes back to ask for forgiveness, what should we do? 2 Corinthians 2:7-9

A. “So that, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with too much sorrow. Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love to him. For to this end I also wrote, that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things.” If someone has done wrong to us and they come back to us to ask us to forgive them, we should not only for give but also reassure that person that things are okay now. A person who has realized that they have done some one wrong can appear to be truly sorry but we don't know how deep the sorrow goes. So just in case the person is letting their sorrow eat them up inside we need to truly forgive. Some times that is very hard to do, especially if what the person has done to us is really bad, but true forgiveness is a display of Christ-likeness.