I.                    Why Do I Need Forgiveness?

    A.                  Focus on physical rather than spiritual:

        1.                   I haven’t done anything that other people don’t do.

        2.                   I see everyone else doing it.

        3.                   I have enjoyed the great blessings of our country.

        4.                   I want to make the most of my life.

    B.                  Focus on physical loses physical is shortsighted:

        1.                   Noah’s Flood

““But about that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be.” (Matthew 24:36–39, NASB 2020)

        2.                   Sodom and Gomorrah 

“just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these angels indulged in sexual perversion and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.” (Jude 7, NASB 2020)

II.                  How can I be forgiven?

    A.                  Only God Can Forgive Our Sins.

“Who can forgive sins, but God only?” (Mark 2:7)

“There is forgiveness with thee” (Micah 7:18).

    B.                  Only God Offers Forgiveness

“Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and restraint and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?” (Romans 2:4, NASB 2020)

III.                How do I Know I Have Been Forgiven

“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered” (Ps. 32:1).

“Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.” (Psalm 103:1–5, ESV)