How will i know if God forgives me? Will i feel anything like a joy in my heart or a light in my head?

Answer 1

Read John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress". This allegory (first published in 1678) is brilliant and will teach you all you need to know about God's forgiveness in a way that backs up the Bible's statements 100%. May God bless you.

Answer 2

Dear John,

ccc4jesus, primo and mandy all said it very well.
If you sincerely repent of your sin, God forgives you. There is absolutely no IF about it.

Part of sincerely repenting for your sin is that you don't keep on doing the same thing. I don't know that there is a hard & fast rule that says what you will experience. Depending on what the sin was you may not "feel" anything for a time because you have the opportunity to show by your actions whether or not you truly repented.

The important thing is to keep drawing nearer and nearer to the LORD. Read His Word and ask God to speak to you as you do.
Satan will try to get you sidetracked so that you stay focused on yourself and your past rather than on the LORD.

Edit: How will you know if the beautifully wrapped gift in your hands contains the shirt or the game or the tickets that you want more than anything else in the world?

You have to open the package.
If it is a shirt then you have to put the shirt on.
If it is an electronic game you have to open the package to make sure it is really THE game, not just the box. Then you still have to load it in your computer.
If it is tickets you have to go to the concert and be actually admitted to the concert.

It isn't yours until you accept it and use it.

Answer 3

You know God forgives you because His word says he does.

If you're still feeling upset/guilty about something you've asked forgivness for it's because you are still punishing yourself for it.

I struggle with this exact same issue. The difficulty is taking the knowledge of God's forgivness from your head to your heart. Once you know God has forgiven you in your heart that is when you "feel" something. But God forgives you as soon as you ask for it.

Answer 4

Messianic complex

Messianic complex is a psychological state in which the individual believes him/herself to be, or is destined to become, the saviour of the particular field, a group, an event, a time period, or in worse case scenario, the world.
People with Messianic Complexes tend to see themselves as saviours to a specific group of people or a specific field, making claims of their own glory, or claiming a self awareness of their own gift and how that gift can affect a group of people or a field of life.
In the worse cases, people with Messianic Complexes may see themselves as spiritual/religious Messiahs with transcendent powers who are destined to save the world.
that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing m.c. is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or hallucinations, in particular auditory hallucinations
It is a mental disorder where the "ill" individual's symptoms are either self-induced or falsified by the patient. Essentially, it is faking sick: the act of an individual faking, exaggerating, or even inflicting self injuries. Their state of consciousness in this act falls somewhere between (and involves both) the conscious and unconscious mind. The main reasons why individuals develop this disorder is to resume the status of a "patient." Hence, they win over the attention, nurturance, sympathy, and even leniency that they feel they are unable to obtain any other way. These individuals produce or exaggerate the symptoms of mental or physical illness. They do so by contaminating urine samples, taking hallucinogens, injecting themselves with bacteria to produce infections, and other such similar behavior.

Answer 5

You will know because He has said in His word, that if you ask His forgiveness, He WILL forgive you. God does not lie.

This is where faith and trust on your side comes in my friend.

Answer 6

depends on your self as long as you really mean your repentance he will forgive you. the feelings of joy will come when you forgive yourself.

Answer 7

if you are sorry and you ask for forgiveness then you have been for given the next step would be forgiving your self and learning from your mistakes

Answer 8

The bible say if you confess your sins....He is faithful and just to forgive you and to cleanse you of ALL unrighteousness (1 John 1:9)......yes.....you are forgiven.

Answer 9

You will be able to sleep at night peacefully!

Answer 10

Don't worry...no god...so no worries about being judged