Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Who can discern his errors For your names sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you. Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 8 So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him. 6 For such a one, this punishment by the majority is enough, 7 so you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. Now if anyone has caused pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure-not to put it too severely-to all of you. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. ![]() “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!ĭo not judge, and you will not be judged. ![]() Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive someone who sins against me? Seven times?” Matthew 6:14-15 NLT“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.”.First go and be reconciled with your brother, and then come and offer your gift. 13 And lead us not into temptation, a but deliver us from the evil one. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. So if you are offering your gift on the altar, and there you remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there in front of the altar. 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not only for ours, but also for those of the whole world. Then he adds,“I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”īut if we walk in the light as He Himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his graceįor he has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son he loves, 14 in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Therefore repent and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped out, that seasons of refreshing may come from the presence of the LordĪll the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins. He does not hold on to His anger forever,įor this is My blood that establishes the covenant it is shed for many for the forgiveness of sins.Īnd Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receivethe gift of the Holy Spirit. Removing iniquity and passing over rebellion The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him Forgiveness- The Power to Change the Past, by Lewis B.“I, even I, am he who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your sins no more.”.Teaching point four: Ideally, forgiving leads to reconciliation. Teaching point three:Forgiveness surrenders our right to get even. Teaching point two: Forgiveness is a process. Teaching point one: We forgive others because Jesus forgave us. ![]() ![]() How do we know when we have truly forgiven? Why must we forgive others? What are the steps to forgiveness? Does forgiveness always mean reconciliation? This study will discuss these issues. Yet because we have memory, sometimes the hurt and pain resurface, and we find that once again we are struggling with the very issue we thought we had forgiven. Jesus commanded us to forgive our brother from our heart (Matthew 18:35). Smedes talks about forgiveness as a redemptive response to having been wronged and wounded. In his article, "Forgiveness-The Power to Change the Past," Lewis B.
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