On Forgiveness
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9 ESV We continue our exploration of sin with a look at the attributes […]
Forgiveness
To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable, because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.
Forgiveness Is Not
Forgiveness is not pretending like it didn’t happen or like it didn’t hurt. That’s called lying. Forgiveness is a decision to release a debt regardless of how you feel. @drtonyevans
An Extension Of Forgiveness
My job isn’t to fix another person or make them see my side of things during a conflict. Even when I feel justified to be mean, I have an opportunity to obey God by offering an extension of the forgiveness I’ve been given. Selah
On Forgiveness
Thus sayeth the Lord; I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.” Jeremiah 31:34 ESV Or if you prefer: He has removed our sins as far from us as the east is from the west.* Psalm 103:12 TLB So, a question for those who say they have forgiven so-and-so, and […]
Forgiveness
Forgiveness is not pretending like it didn’t happen or like it didn’t hurt. That’s called lying. Forgiveness is a decision to release a debt regardless of how you feel. @drtonyevans
On Forgiveness
A question for those who say they have forgiven so-and-so, and then recite a list of the transgressions that the forgiveness covers: Do they have a similar list of the transgressions of which God has forgiven them?
On Grace. And Love.
We love because God first loved us. If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen. The command that Christ has given us is this: whoever loves God must love others also. […]
Achieving Spiritual Growth And Maturity
Practice forgiveness and forbearance in the everyday, spilled-milk situations of your life. Then you will be ready and able to forgive when the stakes become truly life changing.