FORGIVENESS is defined as: choosing to pardon, remit, or overlook the mistake, fault, offense, hurt or injury of the offender without demanding, a penalty, punishment or retribution.
Whatever your monetary status might be, whatever level your education might be at each of us needs to receive forgiveness from God and from one another. In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus showed his recognition of this by including our request for God's forgiveness, and our offer of it to others.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. (Matthew 6:12)
And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; (Colossians 2:13-14)
The Cost of Forgiveness is "never free," though it can and should be freely given to others. Let me explain. When a person is forgiven, the one who extends the forgiveness chooses to accept the pain of the offense and foregoes the right of retribution or retaliation. The one doing the forgiving PAYS the price. He or she endures the hurt and suffers the sorrow in order to forgive you.
. The blood Jesus Christ shed on the cross pays the payment for your sins. Since Christ paid the price for our sins, God does not demand that the punishment we deserve be carried out, if Christ is our Savior. The work of Christ on the cross is sufficient for the Father to forgive all our sins. If you accept him as your savior you are Forgiven.
What I want to talk to you about tonight is the problem of you learning and accepting to forgive yourself, for your past mistakes. So you messed up, big deal, so you went to jail, so to hear that, so you were addicted to drugs or alcohol , is that it? If my God can forgive you of this sins, it take you let go it and give it to him. Stop holding your blame for things God doesn’t not even blame you for. Or maybe your someone who has not forgotten past pains caused by parents or someone you loved and trusted. Give it God
"I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgression unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin." (Psalm 32:5)
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Thank you Dr. Henry, for doing what so many of us Christians say we should do but do not do. I pray the Lord bless you for not coming up with excuses as to why you we can't go out and do the work Christ has called each of us to do.
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