Forgiveness

February 7th – Matthew 5:44

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Matthew 5:44

Loving those who love us is easy. But Jesus calls us to go beyond that and love those who are against us. The Lord came and suffered horrible persecution at the hands of those He came to save. Yet even with His dying breath He prayed, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do.” (Luke 23:34) Christ came to love the unlovable, including us. And out of thankfulness for His unmerited love, we too need to extend that same love to others. And who knows. Someday the one you call your enemy, may just turn out to be come your greatest friend in Christ!

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February 6th – Colossians 3:14

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Colossians 3:14 

Of all the fruits of the Spirit, God makes it perfectly clear that love is the greatest. Love binds us together in Christ. It fills our hearts with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. And love allows us to forgive one another just as Jesus forgives us daily. When we remember the perfect agape love Jesus showed us with His sacrifice on the Cross, how can we not show the same to others? For if we truly have a heart for Jesus, love should flow through us as plentiful as it flows from our Lord.

 

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February 5th – 1 Peter 4:8

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1 Peter 4:8

Sometimes loving others isn’t easy. Yet Paul tells us to love one another just the same. Because each of us are deeply flawed, and each of us sin daily. But God loves us with His incredible unconditional and forgiving love just the same. And He calls us to show this same love to one another. That doesn’t mean that we turn a blind eye to sin. What it does mean is that we forgive those who trespass against us, and encourage them to repentance when they trespass against God. When we remember how our Father, in His great love, forgives the unforgivable in us, how could we not show that same love to others!

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Neither Do I Condemn You (John 8)

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John 8

In John Chapter 8 we find Jesus preaching in the temple, when a group of scribes and Pharisees bring a woman caught in the act of adultery to Him for judgement. “…they said to Him, ‘Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman; what then do You say?”, (vs. 4-5). Seems reasonable right? After all adultery is a sin, this woman was clearly guilty, and in Deut. 22:22 and Lev. 20:10 the Bible teaches that the penalty for adultery was death. …

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The Sting Of Betrayal – (John 18)

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John 18

“Et tu, Brute?” Probably one of the most recognizable phrases from Literature. It’s Latin for, “Even you Brutus?”, and is from the play “Julius Caesar” written by William Shakespeare. These are the words Caesar utters while being stabbed to death, having seen his friend Brutus among the murderers. Nothing hurts quite as deep as betrayal, and no one knows this better than Jesus.  …

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The Joy of Forgiveness – (Psalm 32)

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Psalm 32

Most Biblical scholars agree that Psalm 32 was written by David after he was confronted by the prophet Nathan over the sin he had committed with Bathsheba. When reading David’s words, you can feel how his heart aches with the pain of his sin, and in turn his joy and thankfulness at the forgiving nature of God. …

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