On FORGIVENESS

 

Apostle Paul on JESUS:

Acts 13:38-39

King James Version

38 Be it known unto you therefore, 

men and brethren, that through this man 

is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:

39 And by him all that believe 

are justified from all things, 

from which ye could not be justified 

by the law of Moses.

Have you something to forgive?

Do you need to ask for forgiveness?

What wrong have you done?

What wrong has your "brother" done?

Know that we are all brothers, and sisters.

Why is forgiveness essential?

Today, I just learned something wonderful from the HOLY SPIRIT.

That forgiveness is a FIVE-way thing:

1. A person needs to ask forgiveness for the things he may have done wrong.

2. The wronged person needs to forgive.

3. The HOLY SPIRIT is Witness to all these.

4. In forgiving, we follow the command, and example, JESUS gave us.

5. Only by GOD's GRACE are we able to forgive:

Ephesians 1:7-8

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7 In whom we have redemption 

through his blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

according to the riches of his grace;

8 Wherein he hath abounded toward us 

in all wisdom and prudence;

To support all these, SPIRIT led this born again workman to many verses for this article.

First, JESUS is the WORD.

Let the WORD of GOD govern us all:

Matthew 6:12

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12 And forgive us our debts, 

as we forgive our debtors.

Matthew 6:14-15

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14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, 

your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, 

neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Matthew 18:21-22

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21 Then came Peter to him, and said, 

Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, 

and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 Jesus saith unto him, 

I say not unto thee, Until seven times: 

but, Until seventy times seven.

Mark 11:25-26

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25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, 

if ye have ought against any: 

that your Father also which is in heaven 

may forgive you your trespasses.

26 But if ye do not forgive, 

neither will your Father which is in heaven 

forgive your trespasses.

Luke 6:36-37

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36 Be ye therefore merciful, 

as your Father also is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: 

condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: 

forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Luke 17:3-4

King James Version

3 Take heed to yourselves: 

If thy brother trespass against thee, 

rebuke him;

 and if he repent, forgive him.

4 And if he trespass against thee 

seven times in a day, and 

seven times in a day turn again to thee, 

saying, I repent; 

thou shalt forgive him.

John 13:34-35

King James Version

34 A new commandment I give unto you, 

That ye love one another; as I have loved you, 

that ye also love one another.

35 By this shall all men know 

that ye are my disciples, 

if ye have love one to another.

Second, more verses from apostle Paul:

Ephesians 4:30-32

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30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, 

whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.

31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, 

and clamour, and evil speaking, 

be put away from you, with all malice:

32 And be ye kind one to another, 

tenderhearted, 

forgiving one another, 

even as God for Christ's sake 

hath forgiven you.

Colossians 3:11-13

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11 Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, 

circumcision nor uncircumcision, 

Barbarian, Scythian, 

bond nor free: 

but Christ is all, and in all.

12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, 

holy and beloved, 

bowels of mercies, kindness, 

humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

13 Forbearing one another, 

and forgiving one another, 

if any man have a quarrel against any: 

even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

That's what the Bible taught us.

To forgive, as GOD did, and does.

Precisely why He sent His Only Begotten Son.

That our sins may be forgiven.

John 3:16-17

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16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him 

should not perish, but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; 

but that the world through him 

might be saved.

It's all about LOVE, folks!

True love which only the FATHER could give.

We must emulate the LORD.

But we can only do that if we are born of water, and of the SPIRIT.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

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Verses from Daily Verses

KJV source from Bible Gateway, with the relevant verse for today, which happens to support this article you just read:

James 3:17-18

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17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, 

then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, 

full of mercy and good fruits, 

without partiality, 

and without hypocrisy.

18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown 

in peace of them that make peace.

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On GLORIFYING GOD

Psalm 29:2

King James Version

2 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; 

worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

The HOLY SPIRIT gave me the beautiful verse above the other day.

We ended our article,  "The LORD's VOICE", with it. 

But today, we give full honor to this same verse.

It almost created this article, all on its own.

Simply, it tells us how to glorify GOD:

"worship the Lord 

in the beauty of holiness".

And there's more.

The whole Bible expounds on it.

Today, SPIRIT directed me to these particular verses --

The BEST example is from His Son, JESUS:

John 12:44-45

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44 Jesus cried and said, 

He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, 

but on him that sent me.

45 And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me.

John 12:48-50

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48 He that rejecteth me, 

and receiveth not my words, 

hath one that judgeth him: 

the word that I have spoken, 

the same shall judge him in the last day.

49 For I have not spoken of myself; 

but the Father which sent me, 

he gave me a commandment, 

what I should say, and what I should speak.

50 And I know that his commandment 

is life everlasting: 

whatsoever I speak therefore, 

even as the Father said unto me, 

so I speak.

John 15:8

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8 Herein is my Father glorified, 

that ye bear much fruit; 

so shall ye be my disciples.

John 17:1-3

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17 These words spake Jesus, 

and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, 

Father, the hour is come; 

glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:

2 As thou hast given him power over all flesh, 

that he should give eternal life 

to as many as thou hast given him.

3 And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

John 17:4

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4 I have glorified thee on the earth: 

I have finished the work 

which thou gavest me to do.

John 17:6-7

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6 I have manifested thy name 

unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: 

thine they were, and thou gavest them me; 

and they have kept thy word.

7 Now they have known that all things 

whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

John 17:8

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8 For I have given unto them the words 

which thou gavest me; 

and they have received them, 

and have known surely that I came out from thee, 

and they have believed that thou didst send me.

John 17:9

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9 I pray for them: 

I pray not for the world, 

but for them which thou hast given me; 

for they are thine.

John 17:12

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12 While I was with them in the world, 

I kept them in thy name: 

those that thou gavest me I have kept, 

and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; 

that the scripture might be fulfilled.

John 17:14

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14 I have given them thy word; 

and the world hath hated them, 

because they are not of the world, 

even as I am not of the world.

John 17:22

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22 And the glory 

which thou gavest me 

I have given them; 

that they may be one, 

even as we are one:

John 17:24

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24 Father, I will that they also, 

whom thou hast given me, 

be with me where I am; 

that they may behold my glory, 

which thou hast given me: 

for thou lovedst me 

before the foundation of the world.

John 17:26

King James Version

26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 

and will declare it: 

that the love wherewith thou hast loved me 

may be in them, and I in them.

Apostle Paul tells us how to glorify GOD, too:

1 Corinthians 10:31-32

King James Version

31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, 

or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, 

nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

King David wrote a whole psalm:

Psalm 96

King James Version

96 O sing unto the Lord a new song: 

sing unto the Lord, all the earth.

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his name; 

shew forth his salvation from day to day.

3 Declare his glory among the heathen, 

his wonders among all people.

4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: 

he is to be feared above all gods.

5 For all the gods of the nations are idols: 

but the Lord made the heavens.

6 Honour and majesty are before him: 

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people, 

give unto the Lord glory and strength.

8 Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: 

bring an offering, and come into his courts.

9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: 

fear before him, all the earth.

10 Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: 

the world also shall be established 

that it shall not be moved: 

he shall judge the people righteously.

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; 

let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof.

12 Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: 

then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice

13 Before the Lord: for he cometh, 

for he cometh to judge the earth: 

he shall judge the world with righteousness, 

and the people with his truth.

Now you see why we need to be "born of the Spirit".

We need GOD's SPIRIT to teach us.

How to know Him -- through Scripture, and JESUS.

Only through SPIRIT can we know what pleases GOD.

And the LORD JESUS showed us how.

Pray to be born of water, and of the SPIRIT.

John 3:5-8

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 

and thou hearest the sound thereof, 

but canst not tell whence it cometh, 

and whither it goeth: so is every one 

that is born of the Spirit.

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All verses sourced from Bible Gateway

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Our LIVES in GOD's HAND

 

Psalm 66:9

King James Version

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, 

and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

Oh, the tenderness of the FATHER's LOVE for us!

We have no idea how GOD loves, loved, and continues to love us.

Neither do many have an idea how completely dependent we are upon Him.

But tender are His mercies towards us.

He knows the fragility of our bones, our breath, and our bodies.

He knows the fragility of our souls, our minds, and our spirits.

He knows the weakness of our flesh.

And the many temptations that hound us.

And that last one, no thanks to His sworn enemy.

Let SPIRIT and Scripture reveal verses which prove GOD's perfect awareness of all these.

He is not insensitive to our many trials, and tribulations.

First, JESUS knew the weakness, and impermanence of our "flesh":

Mark 14:38

King James Version

38 Watch ye and pray, 

lest ye enter into temptation. 

The spirit truly is ready, 

but the flesh is weak.

John 3:5-7

King James Version

5 Jesus answered, 

Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 

Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, 

he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; 

and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 

Ye must be born again.

Second, so does the rest of Scripture.

From the Old Testament, to the New Testament:

Genesis 6:3

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3 And the Lord said, 

My spirit shall not always strive with man, 

for that he also is flesh: 

yet his days shall be an hundred 

and twenty years.

Job 12:9-10

King James Version

9 Who knoweth not in all these 

that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this?

10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 

and the breath of all mankind.

Psalm 78:39-40

King James Version

39 For he remembered that they were but flesh; 

a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again.

40 How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, 

and grieve him in the desert!

Psalm 103:13-14

King James Version

13 Like as a father pitieth his children, 

so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.

14 For he knoweth our frame; 

he remembereth that we are dust.

Psalm 103:15-16

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15 As for man, his days are as grass: 

as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth.

16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; 

and the place thereof shall know it no more.

Isaiah 31:1

King James Version

31 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; 

and stay on horses, 

and trust in chariots, because they are many; 

and in horsemen, because they are very strong; 

but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, 

neither seek the Lord!

Isaiah 31:3

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3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; 

and their horses flesh, and not spirit. 

When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, 

both he that helpeth shall fall, 

and he that is holpen shall fall down, 

and they all shall fail together.

Romans 6:19

King James Version

19 I speak after the manner of men 

because of the infirmity of your flesh: 

for as ye have yielded your members 

servants to uncleanness 

and to iniquity unto iniquity; 

even so now yield your members 

servants to righteousness unto holiness.

Romans 8:10-13

King James Version

10 And if Christ be in you, 

the body is dead because of sin; 

but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of him 

that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, 

he that raised up Christ from the dead 

shall also quicken your mortal bodies 

by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, 

not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: 

but if ye through the Spirit do mortify 

the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

1 Corinthians 15:49

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49 And as we have borne the image of the earthy, 

we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

1 Corinthians 15:50

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50 Now this I say, brethren, 

that flesh and blood cannot inherit 

the kingdom of God; 

neither doth corruption inherit 

incorruption.

1 Corinthians 15:51-53

King James Version

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; 

We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, 

at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, 

and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, 

and we shall be changed.

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, 

and this mortal must put on immortality.

1 Corinthians 15:54

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54 So when this corruptible 

shall have put on incorruption, 

and this mortal shall have put on immortality, 

then shall be brought to pass the saying 

that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

1 Corinthians 15:55-58

King James Version

55 O death, where is thy sting? 

O grave, where is thy victory?

56 The sting of death is sin; 

and the strength of sin is the law.

57 But thanks be to God, 

which giveth us the victory 

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, 

be ye stedfast, unmoveable, 

always abounding in the work of the Lord, 

forasmuch as ye know that your labour 

is not in vain in the Lord.

Hebrews 9:10

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10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, 

and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, 

imposed on them until the time of reformation.

James 4:14

King James Version

14 Whereas ye know not 

what shall be on the morrow. 

For what is your life? 

It is even a vapour, 

that appeareth for a little time, 

and then vanisheth away.

Scripture always presents PERFECT proof.

Our lives truly came from GOD.

Our breath, His.

Genesis 2:7

King James Version

7 And the Lord God formed man 

of the dust of the ground, 

and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; 

and man became a living soul.

Ecclesiastes 12:7

King James Version

7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: 

and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

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ARTICLES that MATTER

 

Colossians 3:1-2

King James Version

3 If ye then be risen with Christ, 

seek those things which are above, 

where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

2 Set your affection on things above, 

not on things on the earth.

I woke up early today, not really knowing what to write -- yet.

But as always, I pray to SPIRIT for guidance.

What do we write?

What do people need to know?

Turns out, we had a bunch of articles already.

Just ready to be put back here, for easy reference.

All because SPIRIT made their titles catchy.

Helps this workman remember what we've written.

As well as help our esteemed readers in reading the posts.

As born again watchman, I, too, need SPIRIT's "system", to remember.

John 14:26 

King James Version

26 But the Comforter, 

which is the Holy Ghost, 

whom the Father will send in my name, 

he shall teach you all things, 

and bring all things to your remembrance, 

whatsoever I have said unto you.

These are easy-to-remember stuff.

Pertaining to relevant issues.

So, here goes:

CAUSE for CHEER

TOUGH but TRUE

SURE and STRONG

On SECRET sins

CLARITY from CHAOS

The RIGHT resolutions

MODERN day MEDICINE

Sin and suffering

Equally important, just titled differently, are these:

Some REMARKABLE things

FOCUS on THINGS above

FOCUS on JESUS

FOCUSING on CHRIST

What is CONVERSION?

CALL to HOLINESS

If we don't get this RIGHT, we get EVERYTHING wrong

The COMMON sin

When GOD withholds

What makes GOD answer a PRAYER?

GOD, wars, and PROPHETS

SPIRITUAL battle INDICATORS

SEE the Cs

JESUS and TRUTH

TIME to CHOOSE

On TRUE protection

The SIMPLEST government

The LOGICAL solution

The RIGHT church

A GOOD time to be BORN AGAIN

ANTIDOTE to ignorance

The BIBLE adventure

The RIGHT walk

What it Means to Be Born Again

What a BORN AGAIN will NEVER do

SPIRITUAL warfare GUIDE

What churches MISS

The ONLY Power is of GOD

The MIGHT, POWER, and GLORY of GOD

PEACE through JESUS

POWER of JESUS

LIVE by the BIBLE

The RAPTURE

END times

Yesterday was our sixth year as born again.

These articles merely cement the teachings given me.

As well as document the articles already written.

That we may always look to JESUS, for everything.

John 3:16-17

King James Version

16 For God so loved the world, 

that he gave his only begotten Son, 

that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 

but have everlasting life.

17 For God sent not his Son into the world 

to condemn the world; but that the world 

through him might be saved.

John 15:5

King James Version

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: 

He that abideth in me, and I in him, 

the same bringeth forth much fruit: 

for without me ye can do nothing.

John 17:3

King James Version

3 And this is life eternal, 

that they might know thee the only true God, 

and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.

Romans 10:13

King James Version

13 For whosoever shall call 

upon the name of the Lord 

shall be saved.

1 Corinthians 2:2

King James Version

2 For I determined not to know 

any thing among you, 

save Jesus Christ, 

and him crucified.

Ephesians 1:7

King James Version

7 In whom we have redemption 

through his blood, 

the forgiveness of sins, 

according to the riches 

of his grace;

Hebrews 12:2

King James Version

2 Looking unto Jesus 

the author and finisher of our faith; 

who for the joy that was set before him 

endured the cross, 

despising the shame, 

and is set down at the right hand 

of the throne of God.

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