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Thinking on how much God has forgiven us, and the way in which He has caused us to experience this forgiveness, we are to imitate Him in our forgiving of one another. God’s continued blessings upon you and the saints in Loveland. Forgiveness, Repentance
If you will not call the disobedience of a child sin, If you will not call the anger of a husband against his wife ever sin, if you won't call fornication sin, homosexuality, abortion, anything else sin, where is the need for forgiveness? And why would Jesus say, when you pray, ask for the forgi
Forgiving from the heart entails that the sin is dismissed and not held against the sinner. This is a demonstration of God’s love in us; if God held our sins against us, we could have no hope of life eternal. As Hebrews 8:12 teaches, God “will be merciful to [our] unrighteousness. and [our] sins and
He forbears, not immediately rising up to inflict revenge, but rather endeavoring to bring us back to our senses, to lead us to repentance. That’s the attitude and approach we are to take toward each other. Along with forbearance is the garment of forgiveness. Certainly the one whom Christ has forgi
And now you can think of a familiar example in scripture that you're all very aware of, and that's the story of Joseph and his brothers. Think of the offense that was committed against Joseph. Think of the years of his life that, as it were, was stolen from him, the relationships destroyed. He w
Not only to forgive, but also the solemn and oh so difficult virtue to forget. We stumble and fall over that a thousand times during a lifetime if we would only forget. Its basis and root springs from Christ’s forgivenesseven as Christ forgave you, so also do ye Colossians 3:13. In the incident of
The willingness, even the desire to forgive must be foremost in our hearts, so that we can freely pray for the transgressor. The barrier must be removed that stands between us and him. We do well at this point to read the parable of the unmerciful servant, that is recorded for us in Matthew 18:23-35
To forgive is greater than to forbear. Forgiveness concerns a quarrel, where the word “quarrel” is an “occasion of fault” in another person. Sometimes a quarrel is not serious, while at other times a quarrel happens because of a serious sin that one person has committed against another. Forgiveness