GOD
FORGIVES!
Ps 51:1
51 Have mercy upon
me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy
tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Heb 10:17
17 And their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more.
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Bible teaches that God completely forgives sin – not universally – but by
invitation (Isaiah 55:1). This invitation may be accepted or rejected and sets
in motion corresponding consequences.
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initiative comes from Him! (John 3:16; Col. 2:13) He stands ready to forgive
(Luke 15:11-32). Forgiveness is part of His essential nature (Neh. 9:17; Daniel
9:9).
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his book. Lee: The Last Years, Charles Bracelen Flood reports that after
the Civil War, Robert E. Lee visited a Kentucky lady who took him to the
remains of a grand old tree in front of her house. There she bitterly cried
that its limbs and trunk had been destroyed by Federal artillery fire. She
looked to Lee for a word condemning the North or at least sympathizing with her
loss. After a brief silence, Lee said, "Cut it down, my dear Madam, and
forget it." It is better to forgive the injustices of the past than to
allow them to remain, let bitterness take root and poison the rest of our life.
Matt 6:12
12 And forgive us
our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Dear
Lord, let me forgive others as you have forgiven me! AMEN
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