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I am saved in spite of my imperfection. Jesus’ blood covers all my sin.

When I put my trust in Him for salvation and believed what He said, Christ’s righteousness was imputed to me. God did not credit to my account the sin which I commit but credits to my account the righteousness of Christ.

I am forgiven for everything, all sin which is past, present, and future for me.

When Jesus died, ALL my sin was future. None of it had been committed yet as I hadn’t been born yet, and still, Jesus’ blood was sufficient to forgive it.

I am part of God’s family, adopted into it. He is not going to disown me because I slip and fall. I am still His child. He promised, gave me His Holy Spirit as a seal, a promise, a guarantee of that which He gave me. He told us so through His word, so that we might KNOW that we HAVE eternal life. 1 John 5:12

After all that God did to bring me to Him, He is not going to let me go that easily. He died for me, He called me, his Holy Spirit convicted me of my sin, he opened my eyes to see the truth of His word, He gave me the desire to know Him, He determined the exact time and place I should live to that it would be easiest for me to come to Him and know Him. He did everything except make the final decision for me because He’s not going to force Himself on me. Love isn’t love if it isn’t freely given.

I love Him because he first loved me, and that even includes when I sin.

Sin may break the lines of effective communication between me and my Father, just as disobedience in a child breaks the lines of communication between that child and his parents, but those parents don’t throw their child out of the house because they did something wrong. He didn’t cease to be their child. I don’t cease to be God’s child when I break the lines of communication either. The relationship is strained, not severed.

Scripture simply does not paint a picture of a God who is so capricious as to zap everyone the minute they make a tiny mistake, as the Catholic church teaches.