A clean slate is what you get when you repent of your sins and surrender your life over to the authority of the Savior Jesus Christ. In the eyes of God, your life has become pure through the blood of His one and only Son. He sees you as though you had never sinned.
That is really difficult to fully comprehend. It’s kind of like trying to imagine nothing. No matter what your idea of nothing is, it always seems to be something. I remember learning in science class about the ideas of matter and energy; that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. This forgiveness from God doesn’t follow those rules. Your sin is forgiven by His grace and forgotten forever. It doesn’t linger. It doesn’t fizzle. It is wiped out completely as if it never existed. God is full of grace and His forgiveness is complete.
Prayerfully read Psalm 32
Psalm 32 (NKJV).
1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old
Through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
5 I acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
6 For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
7 You are my hiding place;
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will guide you with My eye.
9 Do not be like the horse or like the mule,
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked;
But he who trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.
11 Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous;
And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!
