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Understanding Forgiveness

Understanding Forgiveness. There may be no word in the English Bible that quickens the beat of a sinner’s heart more than that of “forgiveness.”. Poet Alexander Pope wrote: “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”. 1. Divine Forgiveness. Forgiveness is not extended unconditionally.

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Understanding Forgiveness

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  1. Understanding Forgiveness

  2. There may be no word in the English Bible that quickens the beat of a sinner’s heart more than that of “forgiveness.”

  3. Poet Alexander Pope wrote: “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”

  4. 1. Divine Forgiveness

  5. Forgiveness is not extended unconditionally.

  6. Psa 103:12 “As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us”

  7. Isaiah 38:17 “Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back”

  8. Acts 3:19 “Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord”

  9. Psa 51:1 “To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions”

  10. Psa 51:9 “Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities”

  11. The Greeks used this term of “washing out” the ink from a papyrus sheet so that it might be used for writing again (Moulton 1963, 221).

  12. Acts 22:16 “And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord”

  13. “redemption” is used as an equivalent for “forgiveness.” Eph 1:7 “In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace”

  14. Rom 3:24 “Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus”

  15. Isaiah 53:5-6 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed…

  16. Isaiah 53:5-6 …All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all”

  17. Rom 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord”

  18. 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness”

  19. Acts 8:22 “Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee”

  20. 1. Human Forgiveness

  21. Col 3:13 “Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye”

  22. Can Human Beings Forgive Sins? Mark 2:7

  23. Mark 2:7-12 “Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said…

  24. Mark 2:7-12 …unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? But that…

  25. Mark 2:7-12 …ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house…

  26. Mark 2:7-12 …And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion”

  27. Col 3:9-10 “Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him”

  28. In What Sense, Then, Do We Forgive one Another? Our forgiveness of each other has to do more with an attitude than a specific act.

  29. Luke 23:34 “Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots”

  30. Rom 12:17 “Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men”

  31. Matt 18:35 “So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses”

  32. There is a difference between lip forgiveness, and heart forgiveness.

  33. Acts 8:35 “Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus”

  34. Note of the value of the human soul

  35. Matt 16:26 “For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?”

  36. 1 Cor 8:11-12 “And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ”

  37. 1 Tim 2:6 “Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time”

  38. 1 Cor 6:9-11 “Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves…

  39. 1 Cor 6:9-11 …with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are…

  40. 1 Cor 6:9-11 …sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God”

  41. Rev 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death”

  42. Titus 3:2-4 “To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures…

  43. Titus 3:2-4 …living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared”

  44. 2 Pet 1:9 “But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins”

  45. 3. Implications

  46. Implications The idea of forgiveness stirs the soul and has some intriguing implications.

  47. First, “forgiveness” implies an offense. If there is no breach of propriety, no forgiveness is needed.

  48. 1 John 3:4 “Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law”

  49. Second, forgiveness implies the personal inability to remedy the violation of law.

  50. Matt 18:27 “Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt”

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