God Will Forgive

When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who committed adultery to Jesus, Jesus told them, "He that is without sin among you, let him first cast the stone at her."-John 8:7. When Jesus said this, one by one the accusers began leaving causing the woman to be alone with Jesus. Now think, when Lord revealed the Ten Commandments to Moses, one of them was "Thou shalt not commit adultery."-Exodus 20:14. The sin of committing adultery is so severe and disgusting that there was a law that says, "he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death"-Leviticus 20:10. Prophets since Moses have warned against adultery. So, when Jesus was alone with the woman who committed adultery, he completely understood the severity of the sin. Yet Jesus told that he doesn't condemn her and "go and sin no more." A sin that was so severe, Jesus forgave her immediately.

"Some people are harder on themselves than the Lord is. Of course, we must repent to be eligible for the cleansing and forgiving powers of the Atonement, but once we have repented, there is no such thing as a spotted repenter in God’s kingdom. There is no black mark on our right ankle that says “2008 sin” or brown stain behind our left ear that says “2010 trespass.” The Lord declared the comprehensive cleansing power of the Atonement when He said, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow” (Isaiah 1:18). That is the miracle of the Atonement of Jesus Christ." Tad R. Callister, How Do I Know When I Am Forgiven?