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
King James Version
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
King James Version
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we forgive our debtors.
Matthew 6:14-15
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
King James Version
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
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.
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
King James Version
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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