Pastor Arome Tokula's Messages

EUPHORIA Devotional (The spirit of joy, an ecstasy that comes from God) September 5, 2026 WITHOUT THE SCARS AROME E. TOKULA Romans 4:8 (TPT) 8 What happy progress comes to them when they hear the Lord speak over them, “I will NEVER HOLD YOUR SINS AGAINST YOU!” What makes the New Testament distinctly different from the Old Testament is the complete and perfect forgiveness of our sins. The early church understood this central truth and Apostle Paul could boldly declare it without fear while preaching in Antioch in Acts 13:32, 38 that, “… through this Man is preached to you the FORGIVENESS OF SINS.” No religion, including Judaism, preaches the perfect forgiveness of sins. They all preach the consequences and ‘scars’ that come with sins. Even among believers you still hear some ministers say, “God will forgive but the scar of sins, mistakes, habits and wrongdoings can remain for a long time.” Nothing can be further from the truth! Understand that under the Law of Moses God told the people in Exodus 34:6-7, “6 … The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, 7 keeping mercy for thousands, FORGIVING INIQUITY AND TRANSGRESSION and SIN, by no means CLEARING THE GUILTY, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the CHILDREN and the children's children to the third and the fourth generation.” Despite God being gracious, merciful and forgiving, He couldn’t ‘clear the guilty’ because the Law required that the demand of justice be met either by the one who sinned or by another! There were ‘scars’ under the Old Testament and this is the reason there were generational curses! In Christ Jesus, there are only generational blessings to the one who believes. When Apostle Paul preached in Antioch, he declared in Acts 13:39, “He ACCOMPLISHES, in those WHO BELIEVE, EVERYTHING that the Law of Moses COULD NEVER MAKE GOOD ON. But everyone who BELIEVES in this raised-up Jesus is declared good and right and whole before God.” What the Old Testament couldn’t ‘accomplish’ that the New Testament accomplished was the clause in Exodus 34:7 that says, “… by no means CLEARING the guilty…” In Christ Jesus, the guilty are cleared! Sins are forgiven without any after-effects! Only Jesus carried the eternal consequences for sin and only through Him are men offered perfect forgiveness without scars! Our text says that, “… HAPPY PROGRESS comes to people when they HEAR GOD that He will never hold sins against them.” This is the message that works! Receive it, hear it, and boldly share it because lives are radically changed and transformed in the name of Jesus! DECLARE: Thank You Father for the perfect forgiveness of my sins that You have offered me in Christ Jesus. I fully embrace this message of unconditional love and I freely share it with others because it is something worth shouting about. PONDER Only Jesus carried the eternal consequences for sin and only through Him are men offered perfect forgiveness! #IOFWithPastorArome #MorningDevotion #Euphoria #Devotional #September #NewBeginnings #2026RevelationAndUprise